Spartacus96
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What is the name of your state? Pennsylvania, Allegheny County
A breeder gave our daughter a female dog within two months after it had been spayed, at no charge. There was no contract. The dog, while loved dearly by our daughter, couldn't keep up with her very active lifestyle and she was concerned the dog wouldn't be happy with her, but didn't want to give it back to the breeder who got rid of her. We loved the dog just as much so we took her in and it's been great. Ten months later, after our girl (the dog) got a cancer diagnosis, our daughter let the breeder know out of courtesy. The breeder told my daughter to have us call her, but we were distraught with her diagnosis and hadn't yet even talked to the oncologist about her prognosis or treatment plan. The breeder kept demanding our daughter get us to call and when my daughter gave her our number, we received an aggressive call that we had to call her within 24 hours or she would take this "to the next level." We didn't get the message in time and 24 hours later, another message included threats of police action and a law suit since she had all the paperwork and the dog "was hers." Long story short, she got an ex parte writ of seizure and is suing all of us for replevin and suing my daughter separately for $35,000. At the motion hearing to defend the writ, she could produce no contract (since there wasn't one) but she had a much better lawyer than we did. She still has our girl and we now await the hearing to determine who she truly belongs to. We are also in the process of finding new representation. We live in PA. Any advice you can give?
A breeder gave our daughter a female dog within two months after it had been spayed, at no charge. There was no contract. The dog, while loved dearly by our daughter, couldn't keep up with her very active lifestyle and she was concerned the dog wouldn't be happy with her, but didn't want to give it back to the breeder who got rid of her. We loved the dog just as much so we took her in and it's been great. Ten months later, after our girl (the dog) got a cancer diagnosis, our daughter let the breeder know out of courtesy. The breeder told my daughter to have us call her, but we were distraught with her diagnosis and hadn't yet even talked to the oncologist about her prognosis or treatment plan. The breeder kept demanding our daughter get us to call and when my daughter gave her our number, we received an aggressive call that we had to call her within 24 hours or she would take this "to the next level." We didn't get the message in time and 24 hours later, another message included threats of police action and a law suit since she had all the paperwork and the dog "was hers." Long story short, she got an ex parte writ of seizure and is suing all of us for replevin and suing my daughter separately for $35,000. At the motion hearing to defend the writ, she could produce no contract (since there wasn't one) but she had a much better lawyer than we did. She still has our girl and we now await the hearing to determine who she truly belongs to. We are also in the process of finding new representation. We live in PA. Any advice you can give?
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