Yeah we did :/ and I thought wed been having a good convo and had a good plan
You dont want to hear this, I know....but, odds are it was all bullshit from the get go.
The internet is over run with these asshats, 9 in 10, maybe even higher, are just sitting their in mom's basement typing with 1 finger amd jerking off with the other hand. WHY, I dont know, but its pretty routine here and a lot of people get sucked in by these clowns.
I know it sucks, but, as someone else already said, it looks bad now but eventually, this is really a win. Every now and then, one of these clowns turns out to be serious and using someone elses dog, they are able to give you a nightmare experience, being ghosted is frustrating, but in the long run, a win. If for no other reason that the time wasting stops.
Good news is that if you keep trying, you'll start to see patterns in how these clowns operate and you'll spot them sooner and sooner as you go.
Keep at it because it happens usually when you least expect it to happen.