Lilred
06-25-2005, 08:32 AM
While I had the time, I figured I'd let ya'll in on why I hate to take Wild Woman & Scooter to the vet..and I would like to hear all ya'lls opinion on this..cause I could be just as wrong as they were...but here goes:
First off, I want to note the I have NEVER in all my yrs havin a kennel fulla dogs, EVER had this happen fore..so I reckon I've been blessed. Anyways, this time of yr, there is a leash law..and I have neighbors w/ 3 sooners that they let run loose. I have 2 other neighbors w/ dogs too that are penned up like mine. They've called the law..I've called the law..and 1 neighbor even took em to court! The dogs still ran loose..but only durin the day when everybody was gone to werk.
I know this cause when i would come home, the lid offa the dog feed box would be open, and on comin home early a few times, the dogs were in my yard. So I was madder than a wet hen when I came home early 1 day and found that pos dog had gotton through the lot and locked up w/ Scooter!! Dear Lord I coulda killt him, and woulda never blinked an eye. Mind you this dog is some kinda big ole bulldog lookin thing, 3 times the size of my Scooter girl...and Scooter is now 13 yrs old and I have had her since she was 6 weeks old. When he finally "let go" partially cause I already had a rope around his neck (no, they never put collars nor tags on em either) I put him in the wire dog carrier and called the animal warden (who's been the warden since I was a youngun) and told him that iffin he aint lock that dog up fer good, that I would fer him..and I told him that he would locked up from rigimortis. (er however you spell it)
So, he came & picked him up and took him away. I thought nuthin more of it, till a week later, I come home..and that SOB is in the yard! They musta bailed him out the pokey.
Well, a month later, wild woman is gittin ready to have pups by some unseen dog..which, after en emergency c-section, 2 looked like her, the other 10 (not a typo) looked like that same brown sob. He apparently scored twice. No wait, make that 3...Sassy also had 6 pups...that...looked just like him. Am I fumin? Uh..yeah.
Scooter also went to the vet after only havin 1 pup, 120$ later..she's fine. $600.00 later..wild woman is gittin her stitches out today. 19 pups...all in puppy heaven.
The decision to do that was out of sympathy really. There aint enough people in this small county would take 19 dogs, all half-breeds. Then there's feed, shots, space. And anyone takin them thinkin that they would hunt...would wind up leavin em somewheres iffin they didnt..er killin em then. So, I figured, best not to prolong the inevitable.
Now, I had to take days off from werk, spend all that money, and almost had 3 heart attacks. Are they liable for at least half of the money? Money dont grow on trees round here...and i got kids to feed. I usually dont think of things like this..I hate courts, more time off..etc etc...but there has got to be somethin..somethin I can do besides lettin them non-workin lazy idgits sit over and laugh their arses off..watchin me runnin dogs to the vet every dam week cause they are too cheap to buy a fence or chain to keep them 3 pos dogs penned up. Not to mention it's the law!
Wild woman is now fixed. Sassy is fine and Scooter is not able to have any more pups either. I keep my females un-fixed for breeding. I dont see why i have to fix them all because of somebody's else's negligence. I am also livin proof that either big dogs can climb fence, or they can "do it" through one. I dont think I have ever been so distraught over my dogs like that past month. Sorry this post was so long..but it feels a lil better to git it offa my chest....well..no it dont...that dogs needs rid of...
First off, I want to note the I have NEVER in all my yrs havin a kennel fulla dogs, EVER had this happen fore..so I reckon I've been blessed. Anyways, this time of yr, there is a leash law..and I have neighbors w/ 3 sooners that they let run loose. I have 2 other neighbors w/ dogs too that are penned up like mine. They've called the law..I've called the law..and 1 neighbor even took em to court! The dogs still ran loose..but only durin the day when everybody was gone to werk.
I know this cause when i would come home, the lid offa the dog feed box would be open, and on comin home early a few times, the dogs were in my yard. So I was madder than a wet hen when I came home early 1 day and found that pos dog had gotton through the lot and locked up w/ Scooter!! Dear Lord I coulda killt him, and woulda never blinked an eye. Mind you this dog is some kinda big ole bulldog lookin thing, 3 times the size of my Scooter girl...and Scooter is now 13 yrs old and I have had her since she was 6 weeks old. When he finally "let go" partially cause I already had a rope around his neck (no, they never put collars nor tags on em either) I put him in the wire dog carrier and called the animal warden (who's been the warden since I was a youngun) and told him that iffin he aint lock that dog up fer good, that I would fer him..and I told him that he would locked up from rigimortis. (er however you spell it)
So, he came & picked him up and took him away. I thought nuthin more of it, till a week later, I come home..and that SOB is in the yard! They musta bailed him out the pokey.
Well, a month later, wild woman is gittin ready to have pups by some unseen dog..which, after en emergency c-section, 2 looked like her, the other 10 (not a typo) looked like that same brown sob. He apparently scored twice. No wait, make that 3...Sassy also had 6 pups...that...looked just like him. Am I fumin? Uh..yeah.
Scooter also went to the vet after only havin 1 pup, 120$ later..she's fine. $600.00 later..wild woman is gittin her stitches out today. 19 pups...all in puppy heaven.
The decision to do that was out of sympathy really. There aint enough people in this small county would take 19 dogs, all half-breeds. Then there's feed, shots, space. And anyone takin them thinkin that they would hunt...would wind up leavin em somewheres iffin they didnt..er killin em then. So, I figured, best not to prolong the inevitable.
Now, I had to take days off from werk, spend all that money, and almost had 3 heart attacks. Are they liable for at least half of the money? Money dont grow on trees round here...and i got kids to feed. I usually dont think of things like this..I hate courts, more time off..etc etc...but there has got to be somethin..somethin I can do besides lettin them non-workin lazy idgits sit over and laugh their arses off..watchin me runnin dogs to the vet every dam week cause they are too cheap to buy a fence or chain to keep them 3 pos dogs penned up. Not to mention it's the law!
Wild woman is now fixed. Sassy is fine and Scooter is not able to have any more pups either. I keep my females un-fixed for breeding. I dont see why i have to fix them all because of somebody's else's negligence. I am also livin proof that either big dogs can climb fence, or they can "do it" through one. I dont think I have ever been so distraught over my dogs like that past month. Sorry this post was so long..but it feels a lil better to git it offa my chest....well..no it dont...that dogs needs rid of...