Think We are With Dog Part 2

We went to the veterinarian with Trooper and he will have to stay there for one week. Trooper is now going through a de-worming program, and with the vaccinations shots he has to start all over again. His papers were not completed with all the shoots and they (shots) where also too old!


The trainer at the Kennel told us the story about how the owner had bought this beige Labrador Retriever from Hungary (900 Euro) as a present for his son. The dog dug up the whole yard so the owner put him (not the son) in the Kennel and said, "Give it away!"

That was 3 months and 180 Euro in kennel fees ago.


The trainer had told our Italian translator that if we wanted to give him some money for the dogs boarding bill, it would be great, but just if we wanted.



Todd and I, with big animal hearts thought to ourselves, "of course we will, hell we will even help him with other dogs and medicine."



A phone call three days after our first meeting, we said "yes we wanted Trooper". We agreed we would meet the owner and sign the papers at the Kennel. (In Italy, there is a formal procedure to transfer ownership of a pet.)


For us it is very important to have the papers signed, not least of all because the microchip has the owners name. Later with the paper we will have to go to an Italian office and change the name of the ownership. So it is very important.


I whispered to Todd that this man-- the owner-- would not show up, he would have other things to do than signing papers at a place where he has a bill!


And of course, he didn't show up. The trainer tried his five phone numbers and the answer he got, "he is to busy"



Another Italian friend of mine said, "who else than the Camora has five different phone numbers?"



Oh-boy! Are we having a "hot" Camora! dog?