Two dog owners who agreed to mate their pets were forced to go to court to resolve a bitter dispute over the puppy litter.
Linda Webb and Niloofar Dinpanah first met when they took their dogs to Jubilee Park in Glebe, in Sydney’s inner-west, in May 2022.
The pair, who were strangers before the park meeting, discussed the possibility of mating Ms Webb’s female pooch, Coco, with Ms Dinpanah’s male poodle, Brooklyn.
The new acquaintances came to an agreement that Ms Dinpanah and her partner, Alex Darius, would be given one puppy from the litter to keep.
The agreement was struck as part of a ‘service fee’ because Brooklyn would help Coco conceive the puppies.
The women took turns to arrange for the dogs to mate twice the next day – once at each of their houses.
Coco gave birth to eight puppies a few weeks later and the mother and her litter were looked after by Ms Webb at her house.
The deal fell apart when Ms Dinpanah told Ms Webb that she planned to sell her puppy to her friend, according to NSW Supreme Court documents.
Ms Dinpanah (pictured) came to an agreement to receive a pup in exchange for helping Ms Webb’s dog produce a puppy litter
Ms Webb had sent a text on August 7 explaining she would be keeping two puppies and naming them Late and Diamond Dot.
‘I would love it you could select fairly soon cause all of a sudden there is a lot of interest,’ she wrote.
‘I will try to give preference (and discount) to people who live very close so Coco, Brooklyn and pups can continue to interact.’
That is when Ms Dinpanah said she intended to call her puppy Dice and that she would be selling it to her friend.
Ms Webb sent an email to Ms Dinpanah in response, the Daily Telegraph reported.
‘Today I spoke with two solicitors who breeds… most enlightening!’ she wrote.
‘They say you broke the agreement… and reneging your assurances that you would keep [the] puppy in Glebe.’
Ms Webb had also created a WhatsApp group advertising the sale of the puppy litter.
The court was told Ms Webb informed Ms Dinpanah that all of the eight puppies had been sold or given away.
Ms Dinpanah argued Ms Webb had breached the contract and claimed compensation and additional costs in the Local Court Small Claims Division.
The magistrate upheld the claim and ordered Ms Webb to pay Ms Dinpanah $4,700 in compensation and an additional $3,000 to cover her legal costs.
The deal struck by the pair fell apart when Ms Dinpanah told Ms Webb (pictured) that she planned to sell her puppy to her friend according to Supreme Court documents
Ms Dinpanah appealed the legal cost at the NSW Supreme Court and argued the fees to fight for Dice were higher.
She was unsuccessful in her appeal.
‘The substance of the contract was that Brooklyn and Coco would mate and the Plaintiffs (Ms Dinpanah) would receive one puppy from the anticipated litter,’ court documents read.
‘Following the hearing, the Magistrate upheld the Plaintiffs’ contract claim and awarded damages of $4,500 plus interest.’
Daily Mail Australia contacted Ms Webb and Ms Dinpanah for further comment.
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