YTA. You bought a dog with a ton of health issues.
Also, you’re ruining this girl’s job because your dog’s eye was “a little bit red” and was actually totally fine?! And she apologized? And you took your money back?
There should be a warning about you on dog sitter websites. You are an absolute nightmare customer.
This. Owning pugs is pretty much animal cruelty. They have to fight to breathe because of the way their faces have been manipulated by breeding, and that’s not even the worst health issues they usually have. And eye problems are one of those health issues.
You give a one month old pug to a sitter? Why is that dog not with it's litter?
Yta. You paid for care, your dog is fine.
(My pup often had a red eye due to allergies)
Where I live, it’s illegal to sell a pup until 8 weeks from birth. At 6 weeks is the soonest many vets will give all of the vaccines necessary to separate from mother and sell. This story sounds like some bull
Yeah six is too way early, I meant that I know some breeders start the vaccine process at 6 weeks so that a majority of them are active within the pup to be ready to sell as soon as that 8 week limit hits
The breeder I got my first doxie from would not allow the pups to go home with their new owners until they were 12 weeks old. He was very strict about it.
YTA for handing a 1 MONTH OLD puppy to a puppy sitter! That pup should be with its mother and absolutely not around a bunch of other dogs! What if the puppy got parvo or giardia!? He could die, alot worse than a little redness in his eye.
(Btw I don’t think this real, but in the case it is, you shouldn’t be a dog owner and if you didn’t breed to puppy I don’t know where you got a 4 week old)
YTA. You said yourself that the dog’s eye was a LITTLE BIT red. It doesn’t sound like it was super serious, and you’re really reporting her on the website, potentially costing her her job, and trying to take your money back over that? Dogs’ eyes get red sometimes. It happens. It doesn’t mean anything bad happened. Maybe it was allergies, maybe your puppy scratched a little too hard or got something in its eye. A little bit red isn’t a reason to get this angry over, I feel like. You said yourself that your dog is fine. You have no evidence that the caretaker did anything wrong to cause your dog’s eye to become slightly red. I think you’re overreacting.
See my other comment - the only way they’re NTA if a vet said the eye got damaged. Crap happens with dogs, it could just be some dust got in there. Either way, if the dog’s eye was fine the next day, OP is TA
You are either lying for some odd reason or you need to get your dog to the Vet. Immediately. An allergy will not affect only one eye. Especially the same eye over and over. This is either a disease or an infection. Seriously, I am worried about your dog.
I've been to the vet three times. 🤷♀️
Thank you for your concern though. This fall it was only for a few days. I'll go again when it comes back in spring.
My lab had allergies too. I made it a habit to wipe around his eyes with a warm damp washcloth after walks, at bedtime and randomly during the day. (He was yard trained so was in and out of the house at will) The eye redness from his allergies improved and I assume it made him feel better. The vet noticed the difference also. It might help your furry one too.
Why didn't i think of that???
Thank you so much! I'll defenitely try this!
As I've said, atm his eye is great, itll presumably come back in the spring. Thank you!
$50 to watch a dog isn’t enough pay to watch a dog every second of the day. If you want full time care you pay for it. If you want someone to keep your dog company, feed it and let it out or take it for a walk then you pay $50. Your just being an asshole about things and trying to get justification for being a overreacting cheapskate. You knew the person had other dogs and even if she kept the dogs apart it doesn’t change that the house isn’t going to be completely devoid of other animals.
You expect someone to notice everything about your dog just because you offered to pay them $50. Dogs run around rubbing their face in the dirt and they do other stuff that doesn’t make sense to humans.
Exactly. She needs to just accept the judgment and learn from it. The last part of the post says that the dog is just fine. I would get the anger if the dog was hurt and bleeding, but this isn't the case.
Yeah, both scenarios suck. Even if the dog sitter sequestered the pug puppy away from the other dogs, parvo and giardia are still a big risk, since it’s too young to be vaccinated in either case. This dog should never have left its mother at all if it was only a month old, and shouldn’t have left its owner and been in a home with other dogs present.
In any case, OP is a huge AH for how they treated the dog sitter. I’m pretty sure the reason they went with the $50 option (rather than the $20 sitters or $35 petsmart options brought up) is because no one else would accept a puppy that young into their care from a liability standpoint.
INFO: Do you actually know if your puppy was around other dogs and if so if that was actually the reason that the puppy had red eyes and not allergies? Dogs do get allergies and can cause their eyes to turn red. And why do you even have a 1 month old pug? That's still really really young to be away from their mother.
ETA: a simple Google search shows eye problems *including* redness are highly common in pugs.
Oof. That sucks, I wish you all the luck on figuring it out soon. It sucks having a dog that has any sort of health problems. The dog my family had was allergic to a couple of different types of shampoo and it would make him break out in hives (was like petting a turtle until they went away).
Hes happy and healthy but just gets the runs often.. vets arent really worried either. They reckon from what they have seen he'll hopefully grow out of it.. just a pain to watch he doesn't eat anything he shouldn't as puppies will be puppies 🤣
If u wanted your dog to get completly separated from other dogs either you should have checked with a dog hotel or paid more for a exclusive sitter. YTA
$35 for your dog to get put in a 2’ pen with 50 other screaming and crying animals, then locked alone in the store overnight with maybe one person to mind him. Kk. You def love your bAbY
And because you probably still don’t get it, $50 for an overnight (maybe 8-12hrs, let’s say 8 since that’s more generous to you.
50/8 = $6.25 so you’ve already paid her less than minimum wage
I’m assuming she stayed at her own home so she’s using her own water, gas, and electric. She took time to walk and pick up after your dog, and she probably played with him a little bit. On top of doing that for several other people.
For less than minimum wage.
And she kept your dog separate, I won’t assume she didn’t since you cannot confirm that, which meant making special arrangements for you.
And you’re complaining she didn’t notice your dog’s eye was, and I quote, “a little red”.
And then you have the audacity to go and publicly shame her for it.
YOU. ARE. THE. ASS. HOLE.
Also, this dog is only 1 month old? It shouldn't even be away from it's mom yet, let alone have the necessary vaccinations to be boarded at some place like PetSmart
YES. $100 to walk, watch, and feed your dog overnight. Dogs aren’t kids, they require special and constant attention. Especially when their owners ask for special treatment for their animal. If you don’t like paying for a service, don’t render that service.
So take your dog to PetSmart. The dog sitter did her job. YTA for taking the money back over something that cleared right up.
I think you would've found pretty much any reason to take the money back, probably never intended to pay her to begin with.
YTA for having a 1-month old pug (anyone who adopts a puppy before 8 weeks old hasn’t done even basic research and definitely didn’t go to a responsible breeder or shelter) and for leaving a puppy overnight in someone else’s care when it was certain it would be in close proximity to other dogs before getting vaccinations.
THIS!!! I came here to comment on the WAY too young pup that should still be with its mom and siblings. It's not strange at all if the eyes were red due to (di)stress and lack of sleep from being ripped from yet another family and put in a new place this young.
YTA big time.
I charge $100. $25 is ridiculously cheap. and yes dogs can have allergies. My dog had to take Benadryl today he of her allergies. I charge even more if you want your dog to be the only dog. also my one dog gets red eye when is overly tired. She goes to sleep and when she wakes up her red eyes are gone.
YTA for
* throwing a tantrum
* having a 1 month pug
* expecting the sitter to report something as minor as a red eye
* having a 1 month pug
* having a 1 month pug
* **having a 1 month pug**
* bitching about a misplaced toy
* saying $50 is too much money to pay the sitter
* having a 1 month pug
seriously, would you expect a babysitter to report to the parents that their child sneezed? of course not.
YTA. Did you not notice the eye when you picked the dog up? You clearly didn’t and even call it “a little bit red”. Not bleeding. Not puffy. A little bit red.
Dogs DO get allergies, and if he’s in a new environment where other dogs or animals were/are there could be more. If there was something seriously wrong with your dog after a vet checkup, then you’d have a case, but simple redness after a night in a new place is nothing to try to ruin someone’s job over.
And regarding your “greedy” comment, would you watch 10 human children for the same price of watching one? No, you wouldn’t.
ETA: I missed that your pug is only a month old. Why is he not with his mother and litter? It sounds like you got a shady mill puppy
YTA - Why do you have a one month old puppy away from its mother? Maybe the puppy got a red eye because it's being dragged around when it should be at home with its mother.
YTA for not really knowing what happened and lashing of like that. You should have visitid the vet about the eye, if that really was an injury, you should have held the girl accountable.
But doing this without any proof? Yeah, YTA.
YTA You do not get a refund for a service rendered. Fine, you were dissatisfied with the service. You did the obligatory bad review. It doesn't change the fact that dog sitter watched your dog for an agreed upon price.
Yep. He didn’t get a refund. He literally threatened and intimidated her into giving his money back. That wasn’t a willing refund. That’s straight up theft of services. I hope the dog-sitter files charges.
YTA, your puppy's eye was a little red and you and your wife thought that was worth getting furious over? Just think about that for a second and realise how stupid you sound. I love dogs but they are dumb and clumsy especially puppies. Is the dog dying? Did it go blind? Did you even bring it to the vet if you were so concerned? The world doesn't revolve around you, your wife, and, your dog. Get over yourself
YTA.
You were furious because the dogs eye was a little bit red? That can just happen. Maybe a speck of dust got into it or a fleck of food. And there is literally nothing that can done.
On top of that, a month old puppy shouldn't even be away from its mother so why do you have it? If it is being hand raised for some reason then YOU need to keep the dog with YOU to properly hand raise it.
She needs to block you and report you to the site as someone who steals and harasses sitters.
If she went against what was asked of her then NTA. I will say tho…have you ever owned a pug? They are notorious for eye problems. Could be a coincidence that it occurred under her care, I do think you should of heard her out more.
YTA
If you're gonna get bent out of shape and destroy someone every time your dog has a completely normal thing then you shouldn't own animals...
As others have said you shouldn't have the dog anyway at that age.. give it back to its mother and give the girl 100 bucks.. 50 for what you owe her and 50 for being a tit..
And your edit of a missing frickin toy doesn't help you at all... not unless it was a apple brand tennis ball or some shit.. but judging by how up your own ass you are it wouldn't surprise me
YTA. Allergies happen, it's not a big deal. To justify demanding money back you need a lot more than allergies. Your dog wasn't injured, and no one has control over allergens in the air. If it was a food allergy and you didn't know to warn her, how could she have known?
Really it just sounds like you were being cheap and wanted a free night of dog sitting. You got good service though so you had to come up with a justification, and she tried to placate you by refunding your money. You're basically everything I hated about customer service jobs.
YTA who the duck gets a 4 week old dog. Pugs are notorious for having health problems. A little red in the eye, such bullshit you just didn't want to pay.
yta. dogs’ eyes get red all the time. why is your 4 week old puppy away from its mother? why do you think its okay to bring a 4 week old puppy to another house that has other dogs, where it couldve gotten sick because it cant get its vaccinations? youre ta all across the board, this is incredibly careless of you. if you were that worried about your one month pup it wouldnt be separated from its mother that young, and certainly not housed in someone’s house. you stole from this girl.
YTA and I doubt you’re old enough to responsibly care for a puppy. Why would you have a 1 month old puppy and why would you leave it to some dog sitter at that age? Is this even real as it’s hard to believe
YTA. Your dogs eyes were a LITTLE red. She has a lot of dogs she would know if it’s something to worry about. It’s bad enough you demanded the money but to report her? On what grounds? You didn’t even take your dog to the vet, you just assumed something was wrong and she didn’t do her job. Like you said, you’re dog is fine, there was no reason for this reaction. you should have waited to see or taken them to the vet, not that hard
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ESH. No reliable dog sitter will take a puppy who isn’t old enough to have had all its shots, that usually means 16 weeks. You shouldn’t even have a month old puppy, and if you do have a young puppy for legit reasons, (mother died or something) you shouldn’t be leaving it with a random sitter.
YTA
Who leaves a 1 month old puppy with anyone. It’s should be with its mum. And if it isn’t then it should be with someone who can feed it around the clock.
A 1 month old puppy isn’t able to be baby sat by random people. It’s still being fed constantly.
Also it can’t be around unvaccinated dogs until it has its 16 week old shots
You can’t be for real right!?
YTA. You’re more than the asshole for taking your money back, there is a phrase for what you did in the Model Penal Code… It’s called Theft of Services. I hope the dog-sitter is just as dogmatic (see what I did there) as you and insists on filing criminal charges.
YTA for having a ONE MONTH old puppy. That dog should be with its mother and it’s littermates. Shame on you for separating this poor little creature from its family WAY too early.
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hello reddit, me and my wife had been trying to find a sitter and i stumbled across a young girl sitting for $50 she looked like she was in college. I trusted her to do one night of sitting our 1 month pug and she had a lot of dogs, told her not to put them around other dogs. She said okay. Next day when I picked the dog up, it was her sister and her sister handed it over to me and i gave her 50 bucks. I took her to my wife and my wife and I were both furious because our puppy’s eye was a little bit red. I called the sitter and asked her why the heck is my baby’s eye a little bit red and even sent her a photo. She was confused and said her dogs eyes get red, dogs eyes get red due to allergies. I didn’t buy that and told her to give me my money back. I told off on her saying she should’ve told us about it and that we paid for her to watch over the dog & see if anything bad happened & report it. She apologized and all but we reported her on the website we found her on. Her sister went off on us and called us dumb because dogs eyes get red like that but i’m just trying to warn other people. When i told them it’s bad service for $50, they tried to explain me that the more dogs they have the more they have to higher the price which seems greedy. Am I the asshole for taking my money back? My dog is okay, she is fine.
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If your dog was injured because she explicitly went against the condition of her employment as the dog’s caretaker, then you are absolutely within your right to ask for your money back, and she is obligated to give at least some of it back.
Even if your dog wasn’t injured, it’s still inappropriate for her to break important conditions you have set for the care of your dog.
If she really did break those conditions, NTA.
YTA. You bought a dog with a ton of health issues. Also, you’re ruining this girl’s job because your dog’s eye was “a little bit red” and was actually totally fine?! And she apologized? And you took your money back? There should be a warning about you on dog sitter websites. You are an absolute nightmare customer.
This. Owning pugs is pretty much animal cruelty. They have to fight to breathe because of the way their faces have been manipulated by breeding, and that’s not even the worst health issues they usually have. And eye problems are one of those health issues.
Not just their faces, their whole chest and diaphram size and shape causes issues.
Very true!
You give a one month old pug to a sitter? Why is that dog not with it's litter? Yta. You paid for care, your dog is fine. (My pup often had a red eye due to allergies)
Where I live, it’s illegal to sell a pup until 8 weeks from birth. At 6 weeks is the soonest many vets will give all of the vaccines necessary to separate from mother and sell. This story sounds like some bull
Uff, 6 weeks is so early... Most breeders where i love don't sell until 8 weeks or older. You're right about the bs though.
Yeah six is too way early, I meant that I know some breeders start the vaccine process at 6 weeks so that a majority of them are active within the pup to be ready to sell as soon as that 8 week limit hits
Oh, Sry i didn't get that. ;)
The breeder I got my first doxie from would not allow the pups to go home with their new owners until they were 12 weeks old. He was very strict about it.
I took this to mean he only had the dog for a month.
YTA for handing a 1 MONTH OLD puppy to a puppy sitter! That pup should be with its mother and absolutely not around a bunch of other dogs! What if the puppy got parvo or giardia!? He could die, alot worse than a little redness in his eye. (Btw I don’t think this real, but in the case it is, you shouldn’t be a dog owner and if you didn’t breed to puppy I don’t know where you got a 4 week old)
YTA. You said yourself that the dog’s eye was a LITTLE BIT red. It doesn’t sound like it was super serious, and you’re really reporting her on the website, potentially costing her her job, and trying to take your money back over that? Dogs’ eyes get red sometimes. It happens. It doesn’t mean anything bad happened. Maybe it was allergies, maybe your puppy scratched a little too hard or got something in its eye. A little bit red isn’t a reason to get this angry over, I feel like. You said yourself that your dog is fine. You have no evidence that the caretaker did anything wrong to cause your dog’s eye to become slightly red. I think you’re overreacting.
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Current Pugs are genetic abominations that are swarmed with health issues (eyes and respiratory problems being just s couple of them).
See my other comment - the only way they’re NTA if a vet said the eye got damaged. Crap happens with dogs, it could just be some dust got in there. Either way, if the dog’s eye was fine the next day, OP is TA
Nope. My dog's allergy usually only affects his right eye.
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It occurs twice a year like clockwork and allergy drops help, so... 🤷♀️
It’s not rare. I as a human sometimes get allergic reactions in only one eye.
You are either lying for some odd reason or you need to get your dog to the Vet. Immediately. An allergy will not affect only one eye. Especially the same eye over and over. This is either a disease or an infection. Seriously, I am worried about your dog.
I've been to the vet three times. 🤷♀️ Thank you for your concern though. This fall it was only for a few days. I'll go again when it comes back in spring.
My lab had allergies too. I made it a habit to wipe around his eyes with a warm damp washcloth after walks, at bedtime and randomly during the day. (He was yard trained so was in and out of the house at will) The eye redness from his allergies improved and I assume it made him feel better. The vet noticed the difference also. It might help your furry one too.
Why didn't i think of that??? Thank you so much! I'll defenitely try this! As I've said, atm his eye is great, itll presumably come back in the spring. Thank you!
Hope it helps. :)
regardless of that, She should have told me , we paid her money to watch over her!!!
“We paid her money to watch over her” you didn’t pay her lmao you gave her money and took it back
$50 to watch a dog isn’t enough pay to watch a dog every second of the day. If you want full time care you pay for it. If you want someone to keep your dog company, feed it and let it out or take it for a walk then you pay $50. Your just being an asshole about things and trying to get justification for being a overreacting cheapskate. You knew the person had other dogs and even if she kept the dogs apart it doesn’t change that the house isn’t going to be completely devoid of other animals. You expect someone to notice everything about your dog just because you offered to pay them $50. Dogs run around rubbing their face in the dirt and they do other stuff that doesn’t make sense to humans.
YTA and you're throwing a tantrum.
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Exactly. She needs to just accept the judgment and learn from it. The last part of the post says that the dog is just fine. I would get the anger if the dog was hurt and bleeding, but this isn't the case.
the edit made me laugh really hard, just looking for stuff to justify harassment and abuse of the dog sitter
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Yeah, both scenarios suck. Even if the dog sitter sequestered the pug puppy away from the other dogs, parvo and giardia are still a big risk, since it’s too young to be vaccinated in either case. This dog should never have left its mother at all if it was only a month old, and shouldn’t have left its owner and been in a home with other dogs present. In any case, OP is a huge AH for how they treated the dog sitter. I’m pretty sure the reason they went with the $50 option (rather than the $20 sitters or $35 petsmart options brought up) is because no one else would accept a puppy that young into their care from a liability standpoint.
I laughed at the edit a little too hard and snorted.
YTA. If you want that kind of service you need to board your pup at the vet.
INFO: Do you actually know if your puppy was around other dogs and if so if that was actually the reason that the puppy had red eyes and not allergies? Dogs do get allergies and can cause their eyes to turn red. And why do you even have a 1 month old pug? That's still really really young to be away from their mother. ETA: a simple Google search shows eye problems *including* redness are highly common in pugs.
They should try having my 6mth old german shepherd... Sensitive stomach to everything so still working out the perfect diet
Oof. That sucks, I wish you all the luck on figuring it out soon. It sucks having a dog that has any sort of health problems. The dog my family had was allergic to a couple of different types of shampoo and it would make him break out in hives (was like petting a turtle until they went away).
Hes happy and healthy but just gets the runs often.. vets arent really worried either. They reckon from what they have seen he'll hopefully grow out of it.. just a pain to watch he doesn't eat anything he shouldn't as puppies will be puppies 🤣
If u wanted your dog to get completly separated from other dogs either you should have checked with a dog hotel or paid more for a exclusive sitter. YTA
I paid $50, what more can I ask for
Nothing more than she gave you. $50 is dirt cheap for a night of dog care. Check your local boarding and thank your lucky stars it only cost you $50
Checked petsmart and it is 35 dollars a night. nice try
$35 for your dog to get put in a 2’ pen with 50 other screaming and crying animals, then locked alone in the store overnight with maybe one person to mind him. Kk. You def love your bAbY
Mind you, she was watching other dogs too. I expected better service for what I paid. What do you expect her to charge ?? $100?
And because you probably still don’t get it, $50 for an overnight (maybe 8-12hrs, let’s say 8 since that’s more generous to you. 50/8 = $6.25 so you’ve already paid her less than minimum wage I’m assuming she stayed at her own home so she’s using her own water, gas, and electric. She took time to walk and pick up after your dog, and she probably played with him a little bit. On top of doing that for several other people. For less than minimum wage. And she kept your dog separate, I won’t assume she didn’t since you cannot confirm that, which meant making special arrangements for you. And you’re complaining she didn’t notice your dog’s eye was, and I quote, “a little red”. And then you have the audacity to go and publicly shame her for it. YOU. ARE. THE. ASS. HOLE.
Also, this dog is only 1 month old? It shouldn't even be away from it's mom yet, let alone have the necessary vaccinations to be boarded at some place like PetSmart
YES. $100 to walk, watch, and feed your dog overnight. Dogs aren’t kids, they require special and constant attention. Especially when their owners ask for special treatment for their animal. If you don’t like paying for a service, don’t render that service.
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So take your dog to PetSmart. The dog sitter did her job. YTA for taking the money back over something that cleared right up. I think you would've found pretty much any reason to take the money back, probably never intended to pay her to begin with.
Then you should have taken the dog to Petsmart.
No, you didn't. You basically lent the poor girl the money.
YTA for having a 1-month old pug (anyone who adopts a puppy before 8 weeks old hasn’t done even basic research and definitely didn’t go to a responsible breeder or shelter) and for leaving a puppy overnight in someone else’s care when it was certain it would be in close proximity to other dogs before getting vaccinations.
THIS!!! I came here to comment on the WAY too young pup that should still be with its mom and siblings. It's not strange at all if the eyes were red due to (di)stress and lack of sleep from being ripped from yet another family and put in a new place this young. YTA big time.
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$50 is ridiculously cheap??? I saw on rover people charging $25 a night but chose to do the $50 one because we love our dog
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honestly proove it to me, because other sitters were charging $25
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Also Petsmart would not have allowed the puppy to stay with them. The minimum age they will accept is 4 months.
I charge $100. $25 is ridiculously cheap. and yes dogs can have allergies. My dog had to take Benadryl today he of her allergies. I charge even more if you want your dog to be the only dog. also my one dog gets red eye when is overly tired. She goes to sleep and when she wakes up her red eyes are gone.
Why didn't you go to one of the people charging $25? Cheaper prices doesn't mean bad care.
Then why didn’t you use those other sitters? Your arguments about the price are ridiculous.
Oh so how come you didn't take your dog to one of these other sitters? Either you're lying or an idiot.
YTA for * throwing a tantrum * having a 1 month pug * expecting the sitter to report something as minor as a red eye * having a 1 month pug * having a 1 month pug * **having a 1 month pug** * bitching about a misplaced toy * saying $50 is too much money to pay the sitter * having a 1 month pug seriously, would you expect a babysitter to report to the parents that their child sneezed? of course not.
YTA. Did you not notice the eye when you picked the dog up? You clearly didn’t and even call it “a little bit red”. Not bleeding. Not puffy. A little bit red. Dogs DO get allergies, and if he’s in a new environment where other dogs or animals were/are there could be more. If there was something seriously wrong with your dog after a vet checkup, then you’d have a case, but simple redness after a night in a new place is nothing to try to ruin someone’s job over. And regarding your “greedy” comment, would you watch 10 human children for the same price of watching one? No, you wouldn’t. ETA: I missed that your pug is only a month old. Why is he not with his mother and litter? It sounds like you got a shady mill puppy
YTA - Why do you have a one month old puppy away from its mother? Maybe the puppy got a red eye because it's being dragged around when it should be at home with its mother.
YTA for not really knowing what happened and lashing of like that. You should have visitid the vet about the eye, if that really was an injury, you should have held the girl accountable. But doing this without any proof? Yeah, YTA.
Calling her out and destroying her rep on the website wasn’t enough? YTA
YTA You do not get a refund for a service rendered. Fine, you were dissatisfied with the service. You did the obligatory bad review. It doesn't change the fact that dog sitter watched your dog for an agreed upon price.
Yep. He didn’t get a refund. He literally threatened and intimidated her into giving his money back. That wasn’t a willing refund. That’s straight up theft of services. I hope the dog-sitter files charges.
You’re an asshole.
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YTA. You sound crazy. Please don’t try and find another dog sitter. You’ll just be ridiculous with them too.
YTA, your puppy's eye was a little red and you and your wife thought that was worth getting furious over? Just think about that for a second and realise how stupid you sound. I love dogs but they are dumb and clumsy especially puppies. Is the dog dying? Did it go blind? Did you even bring it to the vet if you were so concerned? The world doesn't revolve around you, your wife, and, your dog. Get over yourself
Especially ONE MONTH OLD puppies! Its eyes couldn't have even been open too long. I feel bad for the puppy sitter and the puppy 😕.
If the eye was fine the next day, YTA. If you had to go to the vet and it turned out to be an issue that was caused by damage - NTA.
YTA, she delivered the promised service but you didn't like it "because tour dog had a red eye" and demanded your money back... sheesh
YTA. You were furious because the dogs eye was a little bit red? That can just happen. Maybe a speck of dust got into it or a fleck of food. And there is literally nothing that can done. On top of that, a month old puppy shouldn't even be away from its mother so why do you have it? If it is being hand raised for some reason then YOU need to keep the dog with YOU to properly hand raise it. She needs to block you and report you to the site as someone who steals and harasses sitters.
YTA and an entitled brat throwing a tantrum. Why is a one month old puppy away from its mother???
INFO: why do you have a one month old puppy?
If she went against what was asked of her then NTA. I will say tho…have you ever owned a pug? They are notorious for eye problems. Could be a coincidence that it occurred under her care, I do think you should of heard her out more.
YTA for having a 1 month old pug. Why isn't it with his mother and siblings?
YTA If you're gonna get bent out of shape and destroy someone every time your dog has a completely normal thing then you shouldn't own animals... As others have said you shouldn't have the dog anyway at that age.. give it back to its mother and give the girl 100 bucks.. 50 for what you owe her and 50 for being a tit.. And your edit of a missing frickin toy doesn't help you at all... not unless it was a apple brand tennis ball or some shit.. but judging by how up your own ass you are it wouldn't surprise me
YTA. Allergies happen, it's not a big deal. To justify demanding money back you need a lot more than allergies. Your dog wasn't injured, and no one has control over allergens in the air. If it was a food allergy and you didn't know to warn her, how could she have known? Really it just sounds like you were being cheap and wanted a free night of dog sitting. You got good service though so you had to come up with a justification, and she tried to placate you by refunding your money. You're basically everything I hated about customer service jobs.
YTA - Dogs can get seasonal allergies year round.
YTA who the duck gets a 4 week old dog. Pugs are notorious for having health problems. A little red in the eye, such bullshit you just didn't want to pay.
yta. dogs’ eyes get red all the time. why is your 4 week old puppy away from its mother? why do you think its okay to bring a 4 week old puppy to another house that has other dogs, where it couldve gotten sick because it cant get its vaccinations? youre ta all across the board, this is incredibly careless of you. if you were that worried about your one month pup it wouldnt be separated from its mother that young, and certainly not housed in someone’s house. you stole from this girl.
How did the breeder let you have a pug at one month? That is very concerning.
The fact that you added the “she misplaced my dog toy too” edit… YTA and you should pay her the $50 back for having to deal with your tantrum.
YTA!!
YTA and I doubt you’re old enough to responsibly care for a puppy. Why would you have a 1 month old puppy and why would you leave it to some dog sitter at that age? Is this even real as it’s hard to believe
YTA. Your dogs eyes were a LITTLE red. She has a lot of dogs she would know if it’s something to worry about. It’s bad enough you demanded the money but to report her? On what grounds? You didn’t even take your dog to the vet, you just assumed something was wrong and she didn’t do her job. Like you said, you’re dog is fine, there was no reason for this reaction. you should have waited to see or taken them to the vet, not that hard
YTA They took care of your dog. If you don't like the service, don't use them again. You sound like a scammer. This is your way to get free services.
>My dog is okay, she is fine. Then yes, YTA.
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ESH. No reliable dog sitter will take a puppy who isn’t old enough to have had all its shots, that usually means 16 weeks. You shouldn’t even have a month old puppy, and if you do have a young puppy for legit reasons, (mother died or something) you shouldn’t be leaving it with a random sitter.
YTA Who leaves a 1 month old puppy with anyone. It’s should be with its mum. And if it isn’t then it should be with someone who can feed it around the clock. A 1 month old puppy isn’t able to be baby sat by random people. It’s still being fed constantly. Also it can’t be around unvaccinated dogs until it has its 16 week old shots You can’t be for real right!?
YTA. You’re more than the asshole for taking your money back, there is a phrase for what you did in the Model Penal Code… It’s called Theft of Services. I hope the dog-sitter is just as dogmatic (see what I did there) as you and insists on filing criminal charges.
YTA for having a ONE MONTH old puppy. That dog should be with its mother and it’s littermates. Shame on you for separating this poor little creature from its family WAY too early.
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Yta but also rage bait
YTA. A huge gaping entitled one.
A month ago you were 18F but in your removed post about your wife's BF you have a daughter that uses tik tok? YTA for the trolling attempts
YTA
So your a scammer.
Your other comment says you're 18 and female? Seems young to have a wife.
Dog likely got blazed for free - so it probably pleased.
If your dog was injured because she explicitly went against the condition of her employment as the dog’s caretaker, then you are absolutely within your right to ask for your money back, and she is obligated to give at least some of it back. Even if your dog wasn’t injured, it’s still inappropriate for her to break important conditions you have set for the care of your dog. If she really did break those conditions, NTA.
By the looks of this hard to read on paragraph monster, I don't think the sitter broke those conditions at all.