Remember that cousin who I thought I had talked out of a puppy?
Apparently, I wasn't convincing enough. The hubby said that older dogs
won't bond with people the way a puppy would, and that was that. The
poor puppy is now owned by a couple of nitwits who don't know the first
thing about dogs, and I am under strict orders by DH to "not act like
you're Mother Teresa".

And y'all were right. The puppy is staying in the garage when they're
not home, and at night. They've built an enclosure for him there with a
crate inside, and the pup is nice enough to not poop/pee in the crate.
Apparently, they tried getting up at night frequently to take the dog
out, and gave up on it after one night. They're building a similar area
in the basement where the pup will be staying once winter hits.

Right now, I don't want to have anything to do with her. Right now, I
don't know what's worse - that if things don't work out, the pup is
probably going to end up in a shelter, or that it'll lead a miserable
existance for the rest of its life if they do end up keeping him.

Suja

Right now, I don't want to have anything to do with her. Right now, I
don't know what's worse - that if things don't work out, the pup is
probably going to end up in a shelter, or that it'll lead a miserable
existance for the rest of its life if they do end up keeping him.



wow, this could be me talking. My sister has a dog that lives in his crate
(literally) for 23 hours a day (if not more). To make matters worse, the
crate is downstairs in the cold, dark basement all alone. I try convincing
her to get rid of him but her husband is dead set against it (not that he
spends any time with the dog or anything). I keep trying to convince myself
that the dog is better off now than in a shelter but it isn't really true.
Now I have myself in such denial that I pretend the dog doesn't exist
anymore. If I do otherwise, my heart and my head just hurt too much.

on 2005-10-10 at 12:26 wrote:

Right now, I don't want to have anything to do with her.

i don't blame you. who wants to listen to other people hold
forth about their irresponsible behavior?

Right now, I don't know what's worse - that if things don't
work out, the pup is probably going to end up in a shelter,
or that it'll lead a miserable existance for the rest of its
life if they do end up keeping him.

poor baby.

--
shelly
http://www.cat-sidh.net
http://cat-sidh.blogspot.com/

Why do people want pets when they are not willing to spend time with
them? It's so sad.

MauiJNP wrote:

Right now, I don't want to have anything to do with her. Right now, I
don't know what's worse - that if things don't work out, the pup is
probably going to end up in a shelter, or that it'll lead a miserable
existance for the rest of its life if they do end up keeping him.



wow, this could be me talking. My sister has a dog that lives in his crate
(literally) for 23 hours a day (if not more). To make matters worse, the
crate is downstairs in the cold, dark basement all alone. I try convincing
her to get rid of him but her husband is dead set against it (not that he
spends any time with the dog or anything). I keep trying to convince myself
that the dog is better off now than in a shelter but it isn't really true.
Now I have myself in such denial that I pretend the dog doesn't exist
anymore. If I do otherwise, my heart and my head just hurt too much.

Suja wrote:
Remember that cousin who I thought I had talked out of a puppy?
Apparently, I wasn't convincing enough. The hubby said that older
dogs won't bond with people the way a puppy would, and that was that.
The poor puppy is now owned by a couple of nitwits who don't know the
first thing about dogs, and I am under strict orders by DH to "not
act like you're Mother Teresa".

And y'all were right. The puppy is staying in the garage when they're
not home, and at night. They've built an enclosure for him there
with a crate inside, and the pup is nice enough to not poop/pee in
the crate. Apparently, they tried getting up at night frequently to
take the dog out, and gave up on it after one night. They're
building a similar area in the basement where the pup will be staying
once winter hits.
Right now, I don't want to have anything to do with her. Right now, I
don't know what's worse - that if things don't work out, the pup is
probably going to end up in a shelter, or that it'll lead a miserable
existance for the rest of its life if they do end up keeping him.

Suja

Sounds exactly like the upbringing that turned my rescue dog into an even
bigger neurotic, fearful mess than her "breeder" managed to produce.

"Suja" wrote in message
news:Yqw2f.11603$U%5.10254@lakeread05...

Remember that cousin who I thought I had talked out of a puppy?
Apparently, I wasn't convincing enough. The hubby said that older dogs
won't bond with people the way a puppy would, and that was that.

And he apparently thinks that this bonding thing works with the puppy in the
garage? Whoo - boy!

You know, we all have people like that in our lives. Some of our best
friends had a schnauzer. Great little dog. Did everything she could to be
the best dog. They both worked. Dog settled for any time she could get and
was happy. They got a motorcycle. Dog learned how to ride with them. They
finally decided their lives were just too busy to be fair to the dog. We
had been dog-sitting on a fairly regular basis but weren't interested in
taking her on full time. They found a wonderful home for her. I just could
not imagine re-homing a six year old dog just because she had become
inconvenient. The dog was as perfect as a dog could be and it wasn't
enough.

Then, after a while, they got another puppy - this time a Scottie. Impulse
purchase from a pet store. Dog was more than a little difficult to
housebreak. But the biggest problem the dog had was that she wasn't the
schnauzer she was replacing. Again, they found a wonderful home before the
dog was six months old.. (Where it was discovered that she had UTIs that
took multiple efforts to clear up.)

These were really, really good friends. The kind you can call about
anything at 3AM. But I struggled with how I felt about the way they could
treat the dogs. I'm grateful that they do find really wonderful homes for
their cast-offs. But we don't talk about it. And they *really* don't want
to tell me about it if they're ever thinking about getting another
schnauzer.

~~Judy

Suja said in rec.pets.dogs.behavior:

The poor puppy is now owned by a couple of nitwits who
don't know the first thing about dogs, and I am under
strict orders by DH to "not act like you're Mother Teresa".

I think the Mother Teresa thing would be good, and if anyone
interferes, miracle their ass with a wooden ruler.

Right now, I
don't know what's worse - that if things don't work out,
the pup is probably going to end up in a shelter, or that
it'll lead a miserable existance for the rest of its life
if they do end up keeping him.

The shelter would be better for the dog, the sooner the better
for a chance of adoption.

--
--Matt. Rocky's a Dog.