"Valerie D'Angelo, 65, adopted her dog, a terrier-mix named Grace, from Sean Casey Animal Rescue in 2018 as a remedy for the grief and loneliness she experienced after losing her 18-year-old son, who completed suicide in 2013. "My dog is everything to me," said D'Angelo. "She's my family. I love her so much." About two years ago, a woman living two floors below D'Angelo's Kensington apartment, Catherine Feijoo-Nickell, took an interest in the dog, knitting two sweaters for the pooch and once offering D'Angelo help with moving furniture so she could have an "opportunity to be around Grace," according to the suit filed Tuesday."
"Then, late last year, D'Angelo said she was laid low by seizures and debilitating bowel pain brought on by Crohn's disease, spurring her to make arrangements to leave Grace temporarily at a no-kill shelter in Kensington on Dec. 19 while she recuperated. It was as she was leaving to take Grace to the shelter that her neighbor made the offer to dog sit, D'Angelo said. "Catherine came up just as I was leaving. She said, 'Oh no, you don't have to do that. We'll take her,'" said D'Angelo. But about a week after Feijoo-Nickell took Grace, she told D'Angelo she planned to keep the pet while the owner said she made it clear she expected the dog's return, the complaint says."
Valerie D'Angelo adopted Grace, a terrier-mix, from Sean Casey Animal Rescue in 2018 after the suicide of her 18-year-old son. Grace became central to D'Angelo's emotional well-being. A neighbor, Catherine Feijoo-Nickell, befriended the dog, knitting sweaters and seeking opportunities to be around Grace. Late last year, D'Angelo was hospitalized with seizures and severe bowel pain from Crohn's disease and arranged temporary shelter care while recuperating. Feijoo-Nickell offered to take Grace instead. About a week later Feijoo-Nickell said she intended to keep the dog, and D'Angelo filed suit in Kings County Supreme Court seeking Grace's return.
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