Slog - Comments on A Dog Dilemma http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/02/a_dog_dilemma There is a custody battle raging in Capitol Hill that would confound even a sage such as King Solomon. Except this case deals not with a baby, but a bulldog. Here's what we know, based entirely on the police report: The original owner of the bulldog became friendly with another bulldog owner in his neighborhood, based on their common canines. So when the one guy decided to move to New York, he asked this fellow bulldog enthusiast to watch his dog till he was settled in New York and could have the dog shipped. An agreement of some kind was... Copyright 2007 Thu, 02 Feb 2006 14:31:42 -0800 Fri, 03 Feb 2006 14:47:18 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by manucabe Asking someone to watch your dog for two months while you move to another city and get resettled it not at all unreasonable. What are you talking about?

No, it's not the best thing for the dog, but sadly this option is far less common than something that is totally unacceptable: deciding your dog no longer fits into your life, then sending it to the pound.

This happens a lot to military families who move overseas, etc. When my family moved to Germany for a year as a child, rather than having our dog in quarantine for two (or was it six?) months, we placed it with a caring family who, fortunately for us, sent us regular pics and updates, accepted our payment for food and care, and gave it back to us when we came home.

]]> manucabe http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/02/a_dog_dilemma#c013714 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/02/a_dog_dilemma#c013714 Thu, 02 Feb 2006 14:47:36 -0800 Comment by Kristi At some point a line is crossed and it becomes pet abandonment, but that line isn't close to 2 months.

]]> Kristi http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/02/a_dog_dilemma#c013755 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/02/a_dog_dilemma#c013755 Thu, 02 Feb 2006 16:41:30 -0800 Comment by amy kate If this happened to me, I would orchestrate a dognaping and steal Bowser back.

(Don't you think "kidnaping" should be "kidnabing" instead? My AHD says the "nap" may have come from a variant of "nab.")

]]> amy kate http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/02/a_dog_dilemma#c013772 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/02/a_dog_dilemma#c013772 Thu, 02 Feb 2006 17:10:11 -0800 Comment by Brian This seems rather open-and-shut. Dogs are property, the original owner's intent is clear, and he should get his property back.

]]> Brian http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/02/a_dog_dilemma#c013811 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/02/a_dog_dilemma#c013811 Thu, 02 Feb 2006 21:45:29 -0800 Comment by U Smith Send the matter to the Peoples Court.

They will let the dog testify.

The term is dog napping. Quite offensive actually.

]]> U Smith http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/02/a_dog_dilemma#c013884 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/02/a_dog_dilemma#c013884 Fri, 03 Feb 2006 14:47:18 -0800