Accidental pregnancies in dogs aren't uncommon, and it can be pretty awkward if your pooch gets another pet pregnant without you knowing.
One furious man has found himself in this exact sticky situation, but is controversially refusing to pay the other owner's vet bills and expenses.
The guy took to Reddit to ask users if he was in the wrong for not contributing towards puppy support, though the majority of them backed his decision.
He explained that his unneutered male dog lives on his family's farm, and he doesn't allow other dogs to roam freely unless he's present the entire time.
But whilst he was away on a work trip, his girlfriend invited her friend Taylor to stay with her on the farm.
Before arriving, Taylor asked if there was room for her dog's crate, and the boyfriend told her that she couldn't bring her female pooch.
On his post, he explained: "She arrives, she has her dog. In heat. My girlfriend told her she could bring her.
"I offered to pay for her dog to go to the local kennel since I'd be gone, my girlfriend and Taylor said I was controlling. I told them I just didn't want to leave room for issues."
He warned Taylor to keep her dog on a leash and supervised while outside.
"Taylor left the day I got home. Weeks later her dog had puppies," he said. "Girlfriend admitted they only put Taylor's dog on the leash when my cousin was over, and let her run the rest of the time."
Now Taylor wants him to pay half of the vet bills and puppy expenses until they're homed.
"She's railing about me to my girlfriend about not having my dog neutered. I refuse to pay," he said.
He explained that his male dog is unneutered due to "reasons relating to the community" and it isn't his fault Taylor's pooch got in the yard and mated.
"She and my girlfriend can cover the expenses since they went behind my back. Am I in the wrong here?" he asked.
Hundreds of Reddit users have supported him and criticised the friend for bringing her dog to the farm.
One person commented: "She brought her non-spayed dog to a house with a non-neutered male dog while her dog was in heat.
"It takes a special kind of stupid to let a dog in heat run around unsupervised, and you tried to keep it from happening."
Another agreed: "She should have listened. Also it's a bit rich of her to complain about your dog not being neutered yet her dog wasn't spayed?"
A few people suggested that Taylor "knew exactly what she was doing" and likely wanted her dog to have puppies for the money.
One said: "She's playing games and the dog is the one paying the price. It's gross."
Some accused the man's girlfriend of being in on the act too, and claimed it was "suspicious" and "fishy".
He responded: "I do plan on asking my girlfriend when she gets home tomorrow. She's known since I moved here why I don't allow dogs I don't know on the farm when I'm absent.
"I've been asking for an answer for weeks about why she decided to go behind my back this time."
Others encouraged him to ask Taylor for "stud fees", with one saying: "It's a bit rich of her to complain about your dog not being neutered yet her dog wasn't spayed?"
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