Dear Natalia:

“how the hell did the dog get into that state if he was well looked after.. I have veterinary professionals telling me that the dog was in such bad shape it will take months for it to get back on his feet”- you carried on a humane, generous and expensive act of saving this dog’s life. Don’t reverse this good act by giving this dog back to its tormentor.

Your empathy for the man who wants the dog back is based on how you would feel if someone kept you from seeing your dog, but not all dog owners are the same. A person who mistreated his dog this badly is not someone who  would be in “absolute DESPAIR and PANIC” when kept from seeing his dog. After all, if he was in despair and panic after his dog was gone, he would have surely looked for his dog in every way possible.

One more point, if you had any donators on Facebook who helped pay for the vet bill, you owe those people to not undo their generosity by giving the dog back to the man who failed this dog so terribly.

anita