This is such a strange story.. I mean, is that a normal thing to send dogs on 'boarding school' training? Surely you're not fit to be an owner if you cant give you dog basic training. Plus, training works a lot better if it is the actual owner administering it or at the very least the owner is there along side the trainer. I am not saying Hunter isn't in the wrong but I feel as if there was stupidity from both ends on this story! I could not go 4 weeks without seeing my doggo, let alone 10 weeks. I am heartbroken for Ollie and I hope the owner finds justice, however this to me is just like lazy, rich parents that send their children to boarding schools to be taught, so they don't have to do anything themselves. If you haven't got the time to train a dog, don't buy one. Sorry.

I don't understand why she accepted his excuses and didn't just go to his place to take her dog after the fist excuse. Further, she says he consistently missed the appointments they made where she was supposed to see her dog and train with him, he never sent her any updates either. That is incredibly suspicious and she should have demanded her dog back after he didn't show up to their appointments. The dog was probably already gone by then.

Why would you not just go there and wait for him to show up? Let him try and lie to your face.

The moral of the story is, don't send your dog away...at all. Work with a local trainer who can come to your house or work with you in a group in your local area. Why did she wait so long, nothing could've separated me from my pup, camp out the front until he gets returned.

I'm by no means on this girls side because even though it sounds like a really sad situation, she sounded negligent on her part by not taking further action sooner. However, all the people talking about how dogs shouldn't live outside, there are plenty of working breeds that live outside in Farm and Ag situation. Great Pyrenees dogs are a big choice for goat heerding and protecting. Just as the goats stay and live outside, the dogs stay with them outside all the time. It's very common. I agree if you get you a little jack Russell and leave it outside all the time you don't need that dog and it deserves a better life. But it seems like not many people on this thread understand some working do stay outside all the time. And it's no where near abuse or neglect.

Poor Doggo, hope he goes to good boi heaven, also.... I want everyone who does these types of things to be put in the dogs place and see how they like it!

The "trainer" seems like a complete liar, sure; but I'm rather surprised at the owner who doesn't seem to care about the dog that much. I mean, somebody else is keeping your dog away from you, with no news and sounds shifty, but you just keep texting them for weeks instead of showing up and demanding some answers?

Why?!? Why do ppl adopt a dog, swear they're gonna give it a better life, then toss it out back to live out its life alone. In the cold, heat, rain, whatever???! I'd like to see her spend the entire summer/winter outside by herself!! She should've been all over that POS' a*s week #5! I wouldn't give a shiiiit what his excuses were. I'd be all up in his house searching and wouldn't leave until I had my baby back!! She needs to sue and make sure neither him nor his wife can ever work with ANY animals again!

As someone who is not only veterinary nurse but also a dog trainer the whole story seems very weird, firstly who wouldn't check on there own dog every week or so to check on the dog and it's progress if she's that busy she shouldn't have a dog. From a trainers point of view dogs make much better progress if the owner is with them rather then handing the dog off to someone else also buy giving someone else the dog to train the dog can pick up on other bad behaviour because the dog isn't living in the environment it's use to ! Anyway the whole story doesn't make sense and I hope what happened to the dog it's happy !

My husband and I left our dog with his parents 2 times. We called at least 2 times a day to check up on him because he gets stressed and sad and we want to know he'd doing good... I would have simply went there every 2 days at least, if not every day. But that's me, others can just wait for 11 weeks........

4 weeks of training for a dog to live outside? Doesn’t sound like a good situation for the dog at all. Humans don’t deserve dogs....

"- Your dog was bit by a snake. - Yes, I got'ya." Maybe it's my poor English, but is this an accurate reaction in the USA? I mean... Probably it sounds mean, but I don't think this lady had any clue about having a dog. Based on her Fb page this was an "I need a cute dog in my life, so I pick up the most beautiful one, doesn't matter if the dog has any issues or if he's not ok with living outside" kind of story. I went through of this. I was fostering a problematic dog. The couple that adopted him lied to my face to get him. They promised to have together a training immediately and they will treat him in the first quarter - half a year based on his needs. And they were surprised when the dog destroyed their apartment (at my place he didn't touch anything...). So after hysterical messages they just gave him back. I can't describe the dog's condition after he came back to me. (He's fine now and having the best forever home.)

THIS IS WHY I WILL NEVER PUT MY DOG IN ANYONE ELSE'S CARE.

This guy is a piece of sh*t. Where is the dog? Idk if she waited for too long, the only thing that really matters here is to find Ollie and get that criminal in jail.

The trainer is no good!. You on the other hand surprise me that you didn't see your dog for SOOO LOOOONG, and keep texting??! This > Electronic Attitude < to texting and texting, what about love & hug? Anyway, you seems like a nice person, but more likely this is probably what happened : Your dog is beautiful, the trainer trained her and sold her. 11-weeks? If I don't see my dog for 7-days I would walk to her until I see her.

Who leaves their dog with someone for 3 MONTHS just for basic training? And what's with this "outside dog" c**p? TBH I hope he did sell her dog to someone better.