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The mistress is now desperately collecting money Whoever bids more gets Boon! Judge has dog auctioned off after separation
The decision has been made!
Because Susanne Stieger and her ex-boyfriend cannot agree on how their dog should be looked after after the separation, the Labrador is now being auctioned off. “For me, Boon is a family member. Who auctions off their family?” asks the 46-year-old, who works as an educator in child and youth welfare in the Rhein-Sieg district.
Susanne is afraid that she has no chance at the auction
But that's exactly what's supposed to happen. Because the dog belongs to Susanne Stieger and her ex together. Now both of them should bid money for him at the auction in order to resolve the conflict over the animal once and for all. Who the male Boon will soon live with now depends on who offers the most money for him.
“It’s difficult for me to speak,” says the educator in an RTL interview. When she tries to explain how the verdict feels to her, she tears up. Because she fears that she won't have a chance at the auction anyway. Her ex is in a much better financial position than she is. “As an educator you don’t earn the world and if you work part-time you certainly don’t earn anything,” she explains.
Susanne Stieger is afraid that she could lose her dog Boon to her ex in an auction.
RTL
She reduced her working hours so that she could be there for her dog. She and her ex brought the puppy home in the summer of 2021. Boon was only eight weeks old at the time. At the time, she took two months off to be there for the dog. She goes to dog school with him and takes care of all his vet appointments, she explains.
From her point of view, she is the most important person for the dog. She even had him trained as a therapy support dog so that he could help her work with young people in difficult life situations. But none of that mattered in court. Although Boon is a living being, he is legally treated as an object. Because it can't simply be divided into two parts, it will now be auctioned off between the two owners.
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“I really tried everything,” explains Mrs. Susanne in an RTL interview. After the separation, she and her ex initially shared the dog. They had a kind of alternating model and brought the animal to each other. Sometimes Boon was with her, sometimes with her ex. But at some point communicating with each other became more and more difficult. That's why the case ultimately ends up in court.
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“This is the biggest injustice that has ever happened to me,” says the 46-year-old about the decision that was made. “I've focused my whole life on him. And now I'm losing him because I have less money,” she says, stunned. The court case cost her so much money that all her savings have now been used up.
Susanne expects to lose the dog
She hasn't given up completely yet. The educator has started a fundraising campaign on GoFundMe. Almost 5,000 euros have now been raised. The teacher doesn't know whether that's enough to buy Boon. She also doesn't know when the dog will go under the hammer. But she now tries to consciously enjoy every moment with the Labrador because she knows that she could very soon lose the animal forever.
Sources used: own RTL research, GoFundMe
