Found out some info that is really disturbing. What do I do? ?

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Ok so long story short. So in Jan of this year my mate got a 13 week pup from another mate, the pup wasn't house trained or paper trained and within a week she was struggling with 3 other dogs and 4 kids so we agreed to take her on and see how it goes as we have our own dogs and cats.... Well things have gone well and to this day we still have her :-) but there is a few things that we were worried about ie wary of strangers (which my mate put it down to the fact that she came from a farm and she was like this when my mate had her) and always eating her food way too fast as though she thinks its her last meal or someone is going to take it away from her again behaviour that I witnessed when a friend had her I could go on.
Other than that she is a really good dog, she's affectionate, loyal etc.
Last night though from a work colleague found out that when my mates friend who I also know had her for a bit not sure for how long though found out that my dog was beaten like everyday, apparently she was aggressive(there's no bad bone in her body) and that she was locked up in a cage all the time and she was lucky if she was fed once a day I could go on at what I heard.
I was in tears, anger hit I'm actually dreading coming across this person again as I know that I will flip also heard that this woman has mistreated other dogs before.
Could I still report her even though its been months? 
Is it worth losing my best mate if I say something to this other person that says she's a mate but withheld info from me?
Is there anything I can do? I'm torn
Or.... Should I try to forget what I have learned? I honestly do not know what to do

Sorry for rambling and thanks for reading

GuideIvy · Accepted Answer

I can't really help you much with your friends, I'm sorry.

But the quick eating is a problem that should be addressed. She can choke on her food or swallow so much air that it makes her vomit or bloat, which can be life threatening.

If you have enough time, you could feed her by hand. Always give her only a couple of pieces at a time and wait until she's all done with that before giving her more. 

You could also try feeding her less at each meal time but increasing the times she's being fed. Maybe that helps her understand that she doesn't need to be scared of not getting anything soon because she'll know there is another meal coming in a little while.

Another way is to slow her eating down. Find rocks that are big enough to not be eaten (and you really have to make sure they are way too big) and place them in her food dish. She will have to work around it/them to get to her food and it will be much harder to "inhale" her food than before.

I hope this helps and good luck with your other decisions. :)

heart o&#39; gold · Answer

Reporting the person at this point on second or third hand information will not do anything positive.

Also, filtered information like this is often distorted.  I'm not saying the dog wasn't mistreated, just that the information was filtered in an unknown way.

There are too many variables for me to suggest what you should do relating to the withholding of information.  I tend to almost always speak my mind, it gets me into trouble a lot.

Thank goodness the pup landed with you!  Good luck!

Anonymous · Answer

Unless there is any evidence, nothing could and would be done. And just because someone said this happened, it doesn't make it true

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