The Venting Thread

[skittledoo]

I am SOOOO frustrated right now. I've complained about my landlord's dog before. They let him loose outside all the time and while he wants to play, he also is a very in your face rude dog. He rushes up on my dogs the second he sees them with a boisterous OMG OMG OMG PLAY PLAY PLAYYYYYYY attitude. I do NOT allow my dogs to play on leash and when he does it to Bamm... well let's just say all the hard work I've put into Bamm with his leash reactivity is going to go by the wayside if this continues because Bamm has started reacting every time he sees him now.

I talked to them about it a while ago and they started putting him on a tie out. That didn't last too long and they are back to letting him run loose outside all the time. He harrasses me, my dogs.... he harrasses neighbors... he is annoying and all they see it as is he is friendly and wouldn't harm us so what's the big deal? The big deal is you need to control your **** dog!

This morning I was out walking Joey and my landlord drives up. He sees me outside with Joey and waves and then goes inside. The next thing I know he lets his dog outside when he KNOWS I am outside with Joey and as soon as his dog is outside he is running straight for us. DAMNITTT!

Joey wants to play and gets all excited, but I do NOT like my dogs playing on leash. There are reasons why we do offleash play only in dog parks or small group settings... OFFLEASH not ONLEASH. I don't care if their dog just wants to play... he is being RUDE... rude rude RUDE!

So here I am trying to control my dog who is excited and flipping around on the leash and yelling at their dog to go away. The landlord's wife comes out and calls her dog and says, "I'm sorry, my husband must not have known you were outside with your dog." My response, "No he saw me and waved at me. He KNEW I was outside with my dog." Then she said, "Well at least he is friendly and he wouldn't harm your dogs." I told her that I do not appreciate their dog rushing my dogs no matter if he is friendly or not. I just do NOT appreciate it.

I like our landlords a lot and they are super nice people, but they are just NOT dog savvy people at all and they probably think I'm overreacting. I really can't wait until we have our own place.

I'm already frustrated too from last night. One of our clients made a nasty comment about how skinny Joey is and when I tried to explain sighthounds and that this is how they are built she said, "Well if he was MY dog I'd actually feed him" WHAT THE ****!?!?!?

 

[DJEtzel]

Really, you are such a jerk. Didn't Frag live with your ex for awhile? Wouldn't that constitute getting rid of him even if it was a couple weeks?

I NEED a dog. You might not understand that, but my friends do.

To be a snarky bitch, do you Need a business whose name is plagiarized from a well known copyrighted entity?

I'm a jerk because I don't understand the mindset behind getting rid of so many dogs and not comitting to the life of an animal? I just said what many people here were thinking. Sue me.

Frag is OWNED by my ex. He's his dog. He paid for him, he raised him. I get to keep him while he's deployed, and he goes to visit Jon when he's home, but unfortunately he is not mine to keep. He's coming back from his deployment this fall and getting married and taking Frag to Kansas and I'm going to be heartbroken over it. I would love to keep Frag if I could and would never dream of getting rid of him.

I rehomed a dog last year. I didn't seek out a home for her, advertise, or otherwise. She didn't fit into my home at all and hated my other dogs and became very fear aggressive towards them. I dealt with it for over 6 months, when my parents asked if they could take her. I happily accepted. It was best for everyone. And I was certainly attacked and told that I dumped her numerous times by people on this forum for it in a much worse manner than we are doing now. I don't have a problem with people responsibly rehoming their pets. I have a problem with people who appear to be very wishy washy about what they want and get rid of dogs yearly. One time, maybe twice, I can see things not working out. Rehoming a dog because it doesn't like riding in the car? A lab (or two?), a dutchie, a pittie, a corgi, and two GSDs? That's a lot of dogs to go through in 4 years. She doesn't have to justify anything to anyone, but if she DOESN'T she needs to expect that people are going to feel this way about what she does when it does not appear neccessary to many people.

If anyone else came here and said this stuff, went through dogs this fast, they would be shunned and flamed. It's sickening to me there is such a double-standard. I lost respect for a LOT of people over this. Not because I'm a jerk, just because it's how I feel and I was raised to believe that dogs were not disposable.

You really can't let it go can you? I don't care that you think I'm breaking laws, I run a small business for fun. I didn't know what the name was when I picked it, but there didn't seem to be a problem with me registering for a business license with it after checking out the laws. If there were, I would have just changed it.

 

[Laurelin]

My washer broke while i was trying to wash towels for drying out my floor. Wtf is wrong? Why is everything breaking?

 

[Red Chrome]

Some people want to.excel in sports, you have to get the right dog, puppies are a crapshoot and sometimes don't work out. It's just the way it is. As long as the dog is being rehomed responsibly, it shouldn't matter.

Makes me wonder what people say about me since I start puppies and then return them or sell them. They're never mine.to begin with but the vibe I'm getting is keep every dog regardless of good fit or not.

 

[DJEtzel]

Some people want to.excel in sports, you have to get the right dog, puppies are a crapshoot and sometimes don't work out. It's just the way it is. As long as the dog is being rehomed responsibly, it shouldn't matter.

Makes me wonder what people say about me since I start puppies and then return them or sell them. They're never mine.to begin with but the vibe I'm getting is keep every dog regardless of good fit or not.

If a dog isn't yours, it's one thing. If you're competing regularly for a very intense hobby or breeding, it's one thing. Neither of those things is the case here and most of the dogs in question weren't even purchased to compete with.

 

[FG167]

If a dog isn't yours, it's one thing. If you're competing regularly for a very intense hobby or breeding, it's one thing. Neither of those things is the case here and most of the dogs in question weren't even purchased to compete with.

FYI, the Lab and Pit actually were my ex's dogs, thanks for asking. My Dutchie was unsafe for my FAMILY(he bit a child out of fear aggression with NO provocation), which is a priority for me. And then I believe you are referring to JASON'S dogs. So, if you have a problem with him, feel free to take it up, with HIM. Thanks.

 

[sassafras]

If a dog isn't yours, it's one thing. If you're competing regularly for a very intense hobby or breeding, it's one thing. Neither of those things is the case here and most of the dogs in question weren't even purchased to compete with.

Again, in case you missed someone else posting this:

I'm picking up a male, bicolor, GSD puppy from my friend's litter. He's going to be foundation trained here and then I'll decide to either keep him, or she's going to continue with him as her SchH prospect puppy.

 

[Locke]

And regardless if Falon was Aikon's temporary or forever home, it is still really hard and really upsetting to watch a puppy/dog you love and care for have serious health episodes and not fit into your dream plans for them.

Hell, I had a foster for two weeks that I thought was my Nextdog, but after a few days I realized he had more severe behaviour problems than I was prepared for, and had to give him back to the rescue. I was heart broken, felt like a failure (especially now since his foster home is doing amazing things with him), and that was only after 2 WEEKS!

So please, have some heart.

 

[Airn]

Yesterday was the anniversary of my grandmother's death. And I completely messed up something at work. And a SERVICE DOG BARKED AT ME.

I spent my lunch period in my car crying.

 

[Hillside]

If a dog isn't yours, it's one thing. If you're competing regularly for a very intense hobby or breeding, it's one thing. Neither of those things is the case here and most of the dogs in question weren't even purchased to compete with.

Um, pretty sure Aikon was, in fact, a schutzhund prospect. Which IS an intense hobby and that he was supposed to a potential breeding dog. So really, way to contradict yourself all over the place. Your situation with Frag is the same as Falon's situation with her ex and his dogs, so way to be a hypocrite, too.

 

[Fran101]

He is being stationed in San Diego.
Have spent a greater part of the day laying in bed crying.

He was supposed to go to DC or virginia.. we were supposed to have weekends and be able to drive to see each other and now that's all ruined

It's closer than Japan but it's still so far.

I don't want to deal with this, I wish I didn't love him.. but I do. I know he's the one for me so I just have to deal with it but I just wish I didn't have to.

I want so badly for normalcy this wasn't in my life plans. Dealing with all of this just hurts and it sucks and I NEVER wanted it. This whole life of deployments and secrets and 5 minute phone calls and skype dates I just never wanted it.

He loves his job. So much of who he is I have to thank his job for kind of molding him into that which is great. I love him.

I just.. want him to be around.

 

[SpringerLover]

He is being stationed in San Diego.
Have spent a greater part of the day laying in bed crying.

He was supposed to go to DC or virginia.. we were supposed to have weekends and be able to drive to see each other and now that's all ruined

It's closer than Japan but it's still so far.

I don't want to deal with this, I wish I didn't love him.. but I do. I know he's the one for me so I just have to deal with it but I just wish I didn't have to.

I want so badly for normalcy this wasn't in my life plans. Dealing with all of this just hurts and it sucks and I NEVER wanted it. This whole life of deployments and secrets and 5 minute phone calls and skype dates I just never wanted it.

He loves his job. So much of who he is I have to thank his job for kind of molding him into that which is great. I love him.

I just.. want him to be around.

I'm so sorry!

 

[JessLough]

Forgot I was expecting cleaners today. I have ferrets running through the house. They were just about ready to come in when I left.

Great, now I'm *that* person. I don't know where the Ferrets are to have been able to grab them.

 

[CaliTerp07]

Fran, how long are you committed to being in Boston?

 

[Greenmagick]

(((Fran))) - You are such a strong person. NO way I could do that.

My vent

Grrrr, totally skipped boot camp this morning Went to be early and everything. These headaches are driving me mad...back to daily and they are strongest overnight and in the morning

 

[Red Chrome]

Um, pretty sure Aikon was, in fact, a schutzhund prospect. Which IS an intense hobby and that he was supposed to a potential breeding dog. So really, way to contradict yourself all over the place. Your situation with Frag is the same as Falon's situation with her ex and his dogs, so way to be a hypocrite, too.

Yeap. I swear she rehomed another dog too, it was all over the GSD boards.

IPO requires a certain level of dog and Aikon won't fit that unfortunately. So, it is what it is, a very hard decision.

 

[sassafras]

Fran, you can do it. When I was in school in Minnesota, my (not yet, then) husband was in graduate school in Seattle. We did this for almost 3 years before he moved back. It's hard, but it's doable.

 

[AdrianneIsabel]

I am so blessed that my breeder decided not to keep Backup, at eight months, because he was not *tall enough*. How's that for a "minor" reason? The issue is deeper, in IPO it is harder for a smaller, slighter, dog to hit without jamming up and being hurt while driven in a bite. My breeder competes at a high level and needed a dog with more body to handle the excessive stress she would put on him.

Because of this choice I got the chance to live with him, to learn with him, to partner with him. He lived in my home, slept with me, traveled with me, became best friends with our girls, tried many sports more suited to his body and continued to play in IPO at my level.

Rehoming because the dog didn't work for you and your desires can be a blessing for the dog.

Associating Dumping a dog at the shelter or "to just anyone" and responsible rehoming is a sign of ignorance and inexperience.

 

[MandyPug]

Got my school schedule for the fall...

730am-4pm five days a week, on my feet, doesn't look like there are any breaks scheduled... Not even a lunch break.

Which means working late evenings, and switching my gym time to 5am instead of 6am. No more workout buddy time either.

*dies*

 

[Beanie]

Took the boys to see the chiropractor this morning. Payton's first time going as he is now a For Reals Agility Dog.

I had a bit of a hard time with it because the chiro vet is the one who put Auggie's grandma down. And I don't blame her, obviously, because she fought hard for her and helped save her life a year ago. And she was the one her owner wanted to have put her down because they had gotten pretty close over the last year.

I was sitting in the waiting room trying not to think about this being the place she said her final goodbye.
Where they put the needle in.
Where they cremated her.

While the dogs were getting adjusted she asked me if I had talked to Auggie's breeder and I said I hadn't really, not since it happened. She didn't want to really talk to anybody. Then I looked down at Auggie, who's head I was holding while she adjusted his back end, and did not say anything else. She told me it was tough, and sad, but that it was definitely time. I knew it was time of course. They wouldn't have let her go if it hadn't been time...

Why did it have to be time?

I just didn't want to be there.