I don't see anything wrong with saving the puppy if it ends up at the pound.
The only downside is that if your difficult child discovers that you have the puppy she will probably claim that it is really her dog and may try to take it away from you.
I'm sure the dog would be better off with you. I am assuming that your difficult child wasn't supposed to have the dog in the first place or wasn't honest with the landlord.
Typical difficult child behavior. Mine had a cat in hers even though she didn't let the management know. She ended up giving it away when it started to claw the furniture. Now she has someone else's dog living there.
There are a lot of things I'd rather not know. My difficult child has even offered to take care of our dog when we go out of town but there is no chance in hell that I would trust her with our Abbygirl.
~Kathy
