[Betty]

Well - my friend did email her right away and got that response back which seems pretty odd if it was a hoax. After all, who would respond back like that to a hoax?

I would either expect something like - sure, just deposit some money in x account and pick up your (non existant) dog

or

Sorry to let you know that you've been duped by an internet hoax. I've gotten 10,000 requests for dogs that never existed.

Her reply would seem to imply that it was real and the dogs now have good homes.