‘(They) tried to drag the dog back to the car physically.’: Woman saves Great Pyrenees puppy from previous neglectful owners who abandoned the dog and tried to take it back by force

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Laurent Shinar • Writer and Editor
Dec 17, 2025 5:00 PM EST

To say that not all pawrents deserve to be pawrents is an understatement, and that statement hardly rings truer than in the case we have to present you within this story. For this story tells the tale of a poor dog who was abandoned by his family for one reason or another but found safety and love in the arms of a kind rescuer who was adamant about doing things by the book. After surrendering the pupper to a shelter, waiting for that shelter to declare the doggo as abandoned, and only then bringing it home, you would expect their new life to begin without much of a hitch.

But out of the blue, the moment things were looking like they were settling in for a happy ever after, the original owners turned up. And in a flurry of fight worthy words and aggression, they attempted to dog-nap their ex-canine from the rescuer. A harrowing reminder that some people find it completely ok to simply abandon an animal and then come back for it whenever they please.

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    So a week ago i found a dog outside my house at 2am, brought her inside and called animal control the next morning, posted on local lost dog
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    Facebook groups and the dog was taken to the shelter. 7 days later she was considered abandoned and i went in and legally adopted her from
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    the shelter. Even got her shots updated and a scheduled day to get her spayed. Well today a family drove up to my house while i was
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    taking the dog potty and tried to physically take the dog from me claiming it was theirs. The police were there on an unrelated incident
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    and took my side at the tine but the lady claimed she was going to get paperwork and come take my dog on monday.
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  • Holy moly, what in the hecking madness is going on here? What more are you meant to do after finding an abandoned dog that is then further deemed to be abandoned by an animal shelter? This rescuer could not have tired any harder than they did to find this pupper’s rightful owners. What were they thinking just showing up like that?

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    Some things to note. 1. Animal control was familiar with the dog and owners and tried to reach out,
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    original owners had a history of getting Animal control called on them for neglecting the dog.
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    2. Dog was severely underweight for her age. 3. Dog shows signs of abuse
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    We did everything legally but im afraid of my dog being taken from me after we just got her healthy. Do these people have any
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    legal stance against us? Edit: I feel i should clarify just what exactly happened when
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  • It hurts our canine loving souls to see someone who put everything on the line to embrace a doggo in need and make sure it had a heartwarming correction to its life have their right to help the pupper be put at risk. And no less by people who likely could not care any less about the doggo and are more bothered by the concept of ownership. Like a toddler who sees a toy they touched being played with by another child…

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    they came to physically take the dog from me. First the police were outside arresting someone, there was like 4 police cars,
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    wasn't my business so i didn't try to figure out what was going on, dog just needed to potty. This woman pulled up outside and asked where i got
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    the dog. I said i just adopted her from the animal shelter and thats where it went from reasonable conversation to scary.
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    Her kids jumped out of the car and called the dog by a different name than the shelter had on file and tried to drag the dog back to the car physically. The
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    woman than began yelling that it was her dog and she used to live there. Woman claimed owner of the house (we are renting)
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    knew she had a dog. Owner was there day we turned dog over to animal shelter and had never seen the dog before or even knew previous tenants had
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    a dog. Woman also began yelling threats at me and thats when one of my neighbors walked over and told the police what was going on in my
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    front yard. Woman sped off refusing to get out of car and talk to police, yelling about coming back Monday with paperwork to take the dog.
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    I then talked to the cops who called the animal control officer i dealt with and was told i did everything legally right by both animal control and the
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    police. While talking to the cops it should be noted that i was shaking and crying from the experience. I started the conversation off very
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    civily and was willing to talk to this woman, but all talking and negotiating ended when the threats started.
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    Note i didn't currently have the paperwork because my fiancee still had it in his car, and he was at work an hour away at the time.
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    Update: Further talked to animal control and the police and here are some more facts. 1. It was confirmed
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    these people would not have gotten the dog back if they did go to the shelter, due to the on record dog neglect
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    SUPERNATURAL JOIN THE HUNT
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    and abuse tickets they need to pay. 2. She's a Great Pyrenees about 6 months to a year old and only weighs 48
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    lbs. 3. If that lady shows up again the police have assured she will get arrested for harassment.
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    The dog is ours and is better with us. Update 2: They lady never came back with the so called paperwork. Im still putting
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    cameras up and wont go out on walks without protection. Also got the dog pet insurance so if anything happens to her we are covered
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    with vet bills. The neighborhood does have a neighborhood watch and ive been informed that the police here are all good people (except
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    one or two) by what the animal control officer told me. So i will feel alot safer once i get the cameras
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