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Originally Posted by mirevolver
If they had registered the dogs and gotten tags for them, then this would be a cut and dry case that you must return them. Even if the dogs had rabies shot tags, that would be proof of ownership. However, since they didn't get tags for the dogs, they really have no proof ownership, unless they happen to have a pedigre certificate for each dog, but even if they do, that is not a clear proof of ownership.
I'm guessing by your mention of the dogs having worms, you took the dogs to see a vet. Did you register the dogs? If so, then the law says that they're your dogs and giving them back becomes an ethics issue.
The lesson to be taken away from this is, register your dogs.
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Yea, when we took them to the vet we got them rabies shots, all the standard vaccinations and had them fixed. Project HALO has a partnership with several vets here, and all the work was paid for by them. From what it looks like, the original owners never did any of that. Like I said, at that point we had made the decision to keep the dogs, and had had no luck finding the owners. Funny thing is we walked the dogs daily, right in front of their house for the entire month+ that we've had them.
I wasnt able to get the backstory from the lady, I dont think she understood much of what I said to her. For all we know they could have picked up the dog as a stray, themselves, and knocked her up.
While I dont think its good to breed bad blood between neighbors, I dont really intend to give the dogs back unless there are extreme circumstances. I'm still debating at this point on whether I should call the husband and explain things. I didnt tell them we fixed the dogs, I wonder if they would even want them back after that.