Thats a hard one, I love my dogs so much it would be hard to give any of them up, hopefully someone else on here will have better advice.

She left. I say you keep the dog.

she should have honestly thought about taking the dog when she left. ours will go between houses when she gets one, but I know that she will not care for the dog, never has as I have. It's an object to her to have from me.

I am torn with the idea what if someone took a gift back that they gave to me. She loves the dog. and will care for it, But I just don;t know

I will give you an opinion.

A Dog is NOT a piece of furniture or jewlry...even though the court will treat it as such. If it is AKC/CKC registered, they will award it to the registered owner.

I see Pets as I see children (no not same rights, just same principal) You say that this Dog goes to work with you? Then YOU Obviously have More Time for the Dog than she does.

That Dog sees YOU as its Person.

Do NOT willingly change that Dogs life.

Ask her what Her plans to care for it would be. Put her on the spot.

In truth, the Boxers were "ours". The female is Mine, the male was his. They would not do well seperated...that is fact. He is on job sites 80% of the time and cannot tend to a dog. There Was no consideration of Custody here.

Darned Good Thing. No one gets between me and my Dogs.

I am even considering starting a Business so that I am NOT leaving them alone-they do get into mischief.

So, you have the Vote of a Dog Person. Keep The Dog!!!

Yeah she left-her choice-My X tried to take our dog because she was "his" I took care of her-she slept with my daughter every night-my daughter just lost her home, her neighborhood, changed her school and this ass wanted to take the dog too.Life is about choices and consequences-her choice her consequense.

If it were a gift and my H wanted the pet after he was settled into his new life. I too would give the pet to him even though it would hurt. I would feel it was the right thing to do as long as I knew the pet was taken care of.
I have to goldens I love to death! Fortunately they were gifts to me from him, so they stay.
Good Luck with your decision.

I say her love and fidelity was a gift to you and she took that back. I think you shouldn't feel bad about keeping the dog. You should keep the dog as it is in the dog's best interest.

I'm a big dog person. If the dog is currently living with you, I say possesion is 9/10ths of the law. Keep the dog.

I think it shows what a nice person you are that you are even considering giving her the dog. Even more reason to keep him or her. If she loves the dog so much she would have taken it.

She may just be using the dog as a way to get to you and hurt you more. Don't let her get to you like this. It's obviously your dog due to the way you care for her, so giving her to the x would only bring you and the dog pain and satisfaction to the x by accomplishing the subjection of more pain in your life.

I want to thank everone for there heart felt answer's I will way all these comments, which everyones seems to agree on keep the dog. My final comment is a gift is givin out of love, should we axspect someting in return?

Exact same story. I had to give up Cairn Terrier Cocoa. I went to dog pound and got a Gorgi/West mix. This took place about 3 years ago and it was hard. One condition I got in court was that if she decides to get rid of it I get it back. She gave me a snide smirk when she told Judge that she would comply with that.
About a year ago I went to same dog pound and got a cat. One big happy family now...lol.

Joe, this is contrary to what some of the others are saying, but, if it was a gift to her and she will care for it, then I would let her have the dog. I feel the same as you about gifts, they are given with no expectation of anything in return. I would assume she was in some sort of emotional turmoil when she left, regardless of fault, and now that things have settled she would like to have her dog. If it were me, I would feel guilty for keeping the dog unless it would suffer somehow under her care. From a personal perspective, I would feel better as a person dealing with the sadness of missing the dog than the guilt of keeping it from its intended owner. Just my opinion. Your question shows your thoughtful nature. I am sure you will do what you feel is right.

keep the dog