German Shepherd gets abandoned by owner...and broker. - Page 2

It could have been over a food dish, maybe the child walked too close, or because the dog just was nervous of children and the child went to pat her.  Could have been numerous reasons, where no human was at fault.  I wouldn't want a dog I couldn't trust with children.

Poor Emmi !! I agree the 72 hr return policy is a little ridiculous, how are you supposed to evaluate anything in 72 hrs, however Durbin agreed to it so I guess he was OK with it.  As far as the kid Emmi didn't bite the kid she bit another dog the article said she tried to bite the kid twice.  Well a trained dog would have bit him if she wanted to, these guys don't usually miss.  So I would venture to say the kid was doing something that was annoying her and that was her warning snap after he had missed all the other cues.  But I don't put that on the dog, why in the world would you leave a dog that you didn't know well unsupervised with your child or any child.  Especially if Emmi had never been socialized around children, children move different than we do, they act different, it is something dogs have to get used to, and I agree your child should ALWAYS be supervised with a dog until you know that your child knows how to behave.  I especially liked the comment Durbin made at the end where he was afraid Emmi would be destroyed in some shelter bc nobody claimed her and that's not what he wanted. Well I guess if that wasn't what he wanted you would think he would have claimed her.  Wether he wanted to keep her or not, if he really didn't think kraftework was going to pick her up why would you just leave her there? He obviously had no "dog sense" or he would have realized what we all know that it takes a little time for a dog to get acclimated to a new home, new expectations new owners etc. Little longer than a week. Geez people never cease to amaze me.

for $7500, kraftwork should take the dog back and refund purchase price.  Buyer pay for the shipping costs.  That is alot of money and anyone selling a dog should want to be sure their dog is with a family that loves it, if not they should be happy to take it back or not sell dogs to begin with...sell cars instead!!!  Or insurance, or vaccums,  sheesh.

According to the article Kratework has her, they eventually spent somebody to the airport to pick her up.

The dog spent the night in a kennel before being picked up.  Wow is everyone over reacting or what...sheesh  Dog was not abandoned just shipped before notifying the party on the other end.  24 hours in a boarding kennel is not news or abandonment.  As to the rest of the story who knows......

I have to agree with those who don't quite get the problem with a dog spending the night in a kennel.  I recently shipped a dog to Texas and she ended up spending the night in the kennel in Houston because of plane delays.  Not that never made the news.

Now as for the sale of the dog - perhaps Kraftwerk should not have sold the dog to this person, I can say as I would have sold them a dog.  But those of who have sold a dog know that not every buyer us what the represent themselves to be and no matter how much checking you do you can still end up with one who slips through. 

We should also know that because a dog is fully trained it doesn't mean they will work for everyone or anyone.  I purchased a dog from Croatia not knowing much Croatian she needed time to acclimate herself to me and my use of the Croatian language.  No dog is a robot they are living breathing creatures and will react differently to people.

JUdyP,

For me it wasn't so much that she spent the night elsewhere. BUT, let's face it, animal control facilities are not regular kennels for starters. They aref illed with the smell of death and I haven't heard of many where the dogs are treated very well. Secondly, it was the mere idea that Kraftwerk allowed her to be sent to animal control and refused to pick her up at the airport. It is the idea that she porbably would've been PTS if the Kraftwerk didn't pick her up. I don't think the buyer ever dreamt that she would end up there. My guess is he was not experienced with dogs or GSDs and was quite clueless about what he was getting into from the begining. I personally would never buy an adult dog with a 72 hour return policy and I doubt you would either. If I remember right you rescue dogs and your outlook is very different than the typical newbie buyer who wants a protection dog (I am guessing this is what he wanted if he paid $7500) for his/her family. There is no way this guy was well-informed or knowledgeable. 

I'm just happy the dog is out of animal control. Kraftwerk should give this buyer his money back and be done with it. I sure hope both the buyer and Kraftwerk have learned something from this.  

The dog never went to any animal control but rather a boarding facility.  As for a return policy I have never purchased a dog with a return policy - we are not shopping at WalMart here.  Before you go out and spend $7500 you should be sure it is the rigt dog.  Personally I would have flown to get the dog to be sure it was right.

Oh, sorry I misunderstood about the boarding. I don't think the even going to see a dog on sight can give a true picture of the dog.