Funny Dog Story

So we have this foster dog who is being fostered by a vet student. On Monday, we met a couple who is interested in adopting him. We liked them, and they liked the dog, but since he was getting neutered the next day, we decided to wait until the end of the week to let him start the two-week trial period at their house. Wanted to give him a few days to recover from the surgery. But Thursday night, he got a fever and was acting really sick. Since the foster is a vet student, she was worried about him and decided we better postpone the trial period until he got better.

So I wrote the adopters and said that I was sorry, but the dog had a fever so we would have to cancel the visit for that night. I also said that his foster was going to take him to the vet that day to get him all checked out, and that she would update us asap about what the vet said. I told them I was sorry because I knew they would be disappointed, but we hoped to get him in good shape soon.

Our Adoptions Assistant just started a new job, and turns out, she is the adopter's boss. Apparently the adopter thought we had changed our minds about her and were looking at other applications, so she went up to our Adoptions Assistant today and said, "Yeah, Riley's home visit was canceled for tonight because Riley has a 'fever.'" Our Adoptions Assistant said, "Actually, he does have a fever. I read the e-mail this morning." The girl's jaw dropped, and the woman who was working with them started cracking up. Later, the girl came back to our Adoptions Assistant and said she was just disappointed because she had been really excited about starting the trial period that night.

I think that would be the lamest excuse ever if we had actually changed our minds. This girl must be really paranoid or something. I mean, did she want us to give her a sick dog?! I told our Adoptions Assistant that she should start rejecting all applications because the dog has a "fever."

Yep, these are the crazy people I deal with in dog rescue. Actually I deal with much, MUCH worse. This is just one time I can actually laugh at the craziness rather than get sick to my stomach.

HIGH-larious!