Ken Griggs and his family went on vacation during Spring Break and left their dog, Callie, at the Tail-Wag Inn boarding kennel. After picking up his dog, Griggs realized the dog was not behaving as it normally did. He immediately phoned the kennel owner and told her he believed he had the wrong dog but the owner insisted it was his real one. Griggs then took the dog to a vet who found it was not his dog. That’s when things got a little weird.

“Griggs said he immediately noticed differences in the dog he picked up from the kennel. The family cat — normally friends with Callie — hissed at the dog. Callie would heel; this dog did not.”

Griggs contacted the owners of the other seven black Labradors that were at the kennel and they all insisted they had the right dog. One though, said her dog had gone through a personality change. After several phone calls and a bit of begging by Griggs, the owner of the dog agreed to meet with him at the kennel to figure things out. Meanwhile, Griggs had returned “his” dog to the kennel.

Both families agreed to meet with one another on March 31. On that day, the owner of the other dog was running late but this was not shared with the Griggs when they arrived. When the Griggs approached the kennels, a black Labrador got excited and the family declared it was their dog. The happy Ken Griggs put the dog into the car and drove off, not knowing the other person never came to drop off her dog. After they left, the kennel owner was shocked to realize the dog Ken took was the exact same dog he had just dropped off. What a dork!

Griggs again had the dog looked at by the vet who told him he not only had the wrong animal but it was the same one he had brought before. He probably felt like an idiot after that. The vet explained:

“Callie had once surgery to her left elbow; this dog showed no trauma. Callie also had steel sutures after being spayed; this dog had none that showed up on the X-ray. The dog also seemed to have had a rapid weight loss.”

Griggs has now hired a lawyer to investigate the matter but the kennel order says the case is closed.

“Mr. Griggs kind of lost his credibility with me the second time he came into the kennel with his family and reclaimed the same dog,” she said. “If he can’t recognize his dog, I don’t feel I can be any help.”

Seriously, if he knew the vet could distinguish between the dogs, why didn’t he come a little bit more prepared the second time around? If he could not tell what those signs were he could have asked the vet, or even better, asked the vet to come with. He basically proved he had no idea what he was doing by relying on seeing which dog got excited when it saw the family. Seriously, how often do dogs get excited as people approach them? It probably happens a lot. Perhaps those dogs are our long lost pets. You know, the poor animal that was once lost in the park or ran out of the yard. Take him home with you next time. Also, if there were so many other black Labradors at the kennel at the same time, why didn’t he out something on the dog, like the leash, to easily distinguish him from the rest. This guy basically set himself up. It’s clear the one he took home is not his so at least he’s not the only person that left their dog at the kennel and can’t distinguish between their’s and other’s. There is a chance something may have happened to the Griggs’ dog and the one they got was a replacement. That doesn’t sound that unlikely and, considering the kennel owner’s attitude with all this, makes some sense.

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