What should I do?

I think is love at first sight :) but I must ask you to watch how you pursue your care for the dog. Its possible that the owner may welcome your help, and you have opportunity to make more money, but you must first find out more about the owner, what kind of people are they, make sure you won't be in some kind of danger. Then why not offer to work for them watching the dog. Say you work for yourself as a dog walker and care giver/ sitter, at your home.

If you know the owner by all means call and ask the owner how is the dog doing because you miss him. You could even tell about your dream. In closing your conversation with the owner you can offer to take care of the dog if and when the owner has to go away. I don't think it would be inappropriate at all.

I think that is a wonderful idea. If it were me and you emailed me about my babies, it would make me feel good. To know that someone else cares so much for my babies that they would check on them when they don't have to. That is a good thing.

If you feel like you want to find out how the dog is then yes if i was you i would email the owner aswell as offer to take care of the dog when they are away.Explain why you would like to know how the dog is aswell as that you used to look after the dog when you used to work there.

Hello lilyofthethorns. I think that it is okay to take care of the dog once in a while as long as you have permission to the owner of that dog. I believe that by doing such thing can help the dog's owner in saving money by lending it to you than putting the dog in a care center when he will be out of town. I think that there is nothing wrong with that, but you have your own pet just make sure that you make equal treatments to both of them to avoid quarrel. Have fun with the dogs. Have a nice day. Happy mylotting. Thanks for the discussion.

I know it was already discussed, but I just want to echo the sentiment that you should acknowledge the fact that they may decline your offer. In fact, it's certainly possible that they may be put off by it. I would recommend to you, as I often do to people, to hope for the best but expect the worst. This way, if the worst happens, you were absolutely prepared. But if anything else happens, it feels like icing, you know? Now, that being said, I know that if I got an e-mail from a person who worked at my local pet shop, saying that she was so fond of my animal that she wanted to know if he was okay, and was even offering to care for him, well gosh, I'd be blown away. That would absolutely make my day. I wouldn't necessarily agree to letting her care for him, but I'd certainly entertain the idea and be so warmed by the idea. But, that's just me. Who knows how these owners will feel. Like I said, just be prepared for the worst.

Go on email the owner, you will only hurt yourself if you will not do it. If you miss the dog and the owner seemed nice, why not email him/her. Let him/her know you are missing the dog. And yes offer to watch him. I believe this will make you happy more. I believe it is not inappropriate.

That email was given to pet smart for an intended purpose. For the care of the animal at petsmart. When I give out emails and they get used for other purposes, I get angry. How is your new job going?

If the owner gave you the e-mail and permission to contact him, then sure, why not drop a line and ask?

I am sure the owners will be happy if you told them about it and you could even befriend them and call on them whenever you get the urge to spend time with the dog. I can quite understand your feelings as I too get attracted to animals that do not belong to me.

i dont think there's nothing wrong in sincerely caring for a pet. I'm sure the owners will appreciate your concern. you know, i've encountered one who cared a lot about our dog in our parent's house. everyday, she brings food to our dog and feeds it. it's such a nice feeling for us owners to know that someone cares for our pet.

Could get some therapy. There might be some other real life issue that is having side-effects on other aspects of your psychological mind. It's not uncommon to have an issue like yours.