Row over dog 'sale'

Brendan Baine believes he has been 'taken-in' by a woman who said she could give his much loved best friend a good home and a loving family.

When work dried up for Belvedere Manor man he was forced to part with his five-month-old husky Kudo before making a move to England.

The construction worker was determined the dog would go to a good home, he said: "He had cost me a good few hundred pounds and I did not want to part with him, but I had no other choice. My kids were absolutely devastated.

"For me it was not about money I just wanted to make sure he was in a loving home with a good family."

After putting an advert in a pet store, Brendan said he received a number of calls.

He went on: "There was a lot of interest, but one woman said she had recently lost a dog and her son had been distraught for weeks.

"I felt sorry for her and her son and she assured me they had the best of intentions for Kudo which was my main concern."

The woman and her mother arrived at Brendan's home to meet the new addition to the family and took him away.

Brendan continued: "Only a couple of hours later I got a call to say that my dog was up for sale on the internet.

"I couldn't believe it when I looked it up - it was Kudo, for sale for 300.

"So I called the woman to ask her what she was doing and she just hung up on me - I could not believe it.

He went on: "She brought her son along to take the dog and I remember saying to him to look after him.

"For me it's just pure dirt, I called the pet store and the police and they said there was nothing they could do.

"I am just really concerned the dog will not go to a good home which he deserves."

The 'MAIL' spoke to the woman who had taken the dog and she said her daughter had been frightened by the dog.

She said she had kept it overnight but the dog had knocked the young child off her feet and she had become concerned the dog was too large for the family: "I said to the man I would give the dog a good home and it did go to a good home.

"We couldn't keep the dog. I couldn't call the man because I couldn't get his number and I didn't feel comfortable going back to the house. I had put the dog online to swap with a smaller breed, I had put a price of 300 on the dog to ensure we could find a good home."

She said: "I have done nothing wrong, I paid 35 for the dog and it was then my dog. It will be a good dog with children, just older children than mine. The dog is now in a good home, which is what the man wanted in the first place.

"My son is heartbroken the dog had to go away but we swapped it for a pup of a smaller breed."