Last week there was a post on a local Facebook group page with someone looking to rehome their dog - a one year old Springer Spaniel bitch. The post had been shared from another FB page - UK pets for rehoming and adoption, although the person posting is quite local to me.
Someone had commented on the shared post about it maybe not being genuine, and the owner replied that they were in temporary accommodation as they had had a house fire and couldn't keep her.
I contacted the owner and said we were interested and gave a short background of us as a family.
The owner has messaged me today saying we seem like the ideal home for the dog and they could bring it to visit any time convenient to me.
They are selling the dog for £500. She is fully vaccinated and hasn't been spaded [sic] "so she can have pups". She is also microchipped.
I've looked at the owner's own Facebook page, and although it is relatively closed, there are photographs on there from about a year ago of her very young child, with a very young English Springer puppy, so I'm thinking it probably is genuine.
But there's a niggle in the back of my mind, that this could be some kind of a scam.
Am I right, or does it sound as though this could be genuinely someone trying to find a new home for their pet?
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