Sometimes we do all we can and even though its not as much as someone else can do, its the best WE can do.
A situation I am currently in, just to help ease you a bit. I have several cats in my home. One particular one is a bengal cat named Ares. I LOVE him to death. He's great with my other cats, my recent CHI addition and my toddler. He's friendly with company and he's a bed snuggler too. His problem is that when he was about 1 yrs old, he began a behavioral problem of PEEING on anything and EVERYTHING soft. This meant bedding, pillows, couches, blankets, laundry, sox left on the floor, pocket books on the table, coats that may have fallen off a chair and so forth. I spent 7+ years dealing with this issue and trying to resolve it. It cost me over $15,000. It cost me a part of my sanity and the love for the breed. It cost my son a good part of his baby-hood because as a baby I had to TARP everything that wasn't immediately in use. IE if my son was in his basinette and I wanted to put him upstairs in his crib for a nap, I had to put my son on the couch, then immediately tarp (yes the kind you use over patio furniture, the furniture, then wrap it in strip to tie it tight. Then take my son up to his crib. My son couldn't have play mats on the floor, unless he was on them. If he moved or went away from it, I had to immediately pick it up and put it away or tarp it. This went the same way for his High chair, his basket with diapers and clothing, and I couldn't do a play pen for him. I just didn't have the time or energy to open, close and or Tarp an entire playpen 5 or 6 times a day. So the brand new playpen is still in the attic, as well as many other toys. I had to rip up rugs, throw out an entire bed, mattress and box spring. I changed litters, boxes, locations, I changed the rugs from rug to tile or lament. And at 3 yrs old I still have a baby gate in my sons room so that Ares doesn't go in his room and pee on my sons bed. After 7 yrs I have given up. I'm 6 months preg, I am high risk pregnancy and I have a heart condition because of it. Even without those problems. I am unwilling to put my new baby and myself through the same torture of having to fear about my cat peeing on my infant's items everytime I turn my back. I had for years been asking the bengal rescue group I belonged to for help. I eventually posted a desperate post telling them that if someone couldn't help me (had been asking for help for 6 yrs on the list), that I had no other choice then to put my beloved Ares to sleep. I got all sorts of slack and yelled at. That I'm a horrible person. THat I dont deserve to have cats. That I am a failure and one went on a rampage calling me a Murder. So I am dealing with this situation. My point is that we all do what we can for as long as we can. If you didn't try, I could see how a person may be upset with you but you tried, you did what you JD On Aug 19, 2013, at 1:22 PM, twope...@aol.com wrote: > Robert, I know you did the best you could for that dog, I would disregard the > comments. > > Gloria > > In a message dated 8/18/2013 11:26:09 P.M. Central Daylight Time, > rss71...@yahoo.com writes: > > Because I spent a few days trying to talk my mother into letting me keep her > I even offered to have her spayed.Robert > > From: Nancy <unicorn6...@yahoo.com> > To: "Chihuahuas@yahoogroups.com" <Chihuahuas@yahoogroups.com> > Sent: Sunday, August 18, 2013 1:21 PM > Subject: Re: [Chihuahuas] Chihuahua mix dumped off here. > > I am sorry - I find it very odd that this dog was "dumped" in front of your > home a week ago. The, you finally post here yesterday morning, asking for > help. A mere 6 hours later, you drop her at the humane society. Why didn't > you post here a week ago? We may have been able to find her a home if we > were given a week instead of less than 6 hours. JMO. > > > Nancy, Pepper, Rascal & Rocky > > From: r.scott <rss71...@yahoo.com> > To: "Chihuahuas@yahoogroups.com" <Chihuahuas@yahoogroups.com> > Sent: Saturday, August 17, 2013 2:54 PM > Subject: Re: [Chihuahuas] Chihuahua mix dumped off here. > > I placed the dog in the Humane Society Animal Shelter > > From: Peggy & The Girls <phr...@optimum.net> > To: Chihuahuas@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Saturday, August 17, 2013 12:49 PM > Subject: Re: [Chihuahuas] Chihuahua mix dumped off here. > I took her to the local animal shelter the lady there was very nice and > confident she could find her a home. the longer I kept her the more > attached I would get and the harder it would be to part with her. I miss > her already but at least she's being cared for and fed. not out trying > to survive looking for food and dodging cars on the highway. I know I made > my mom sound mean in previous posts, but she cooked meat for that dog and my > Cody but said we couldn't keep and clean up after 2 of them and didn't want > no harm coming to them but she was worried that I was getting too attached to > her. Robert > Robert I enlarged her picture and it does not appear that she has had puppies > from looking at her tummy. She looks like a well fed chi and hasn't been a > stray for > too long. She belonged to someone Robert, even her nails are groomed and she > isn't that old either. While I am trying to search out lost and found, you > need to help and do your part. Her owner would have no idea where she is > unless you ask neighbors and post signs all around your town and on main > street poles, and if you can hang them all around your closet streets, and a > local paper. > > Peggy > > > > > -------Original Message------- > > From: r.scott > Date: 8/17/2013 3:20:30 PM > To: Chihuahuas@yahoogroups.com > Subject: Re: [Chihuahuas] Chihuahua mix dumped off here. > > > I'm trying to get my mom to give me more time. we took her to a shelter in > the next town Mer Rouge,Louisiana this morning. but they couldn't take her > without permission from someone who wasn't there so we had to bring her back > home. Robert > From: Peggy & The Girls <phr...@optimum.net> > To: Chihuahuas@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Saturday, August 17, 2013 12:02 PM > Subject: Re: [Chihuahuas] Chihuahua mix dumped off here. > > If she had dry dirt on her head then it sounds like she must have been hiding > somewhere with her puppies. Dogs love to hide under sun decks and porches and > crawl spaces. Lots of people don't keep collars on their dogs, so that > doesn't mean anything. You can still do all the other things that I > listed. I beg you Robert don't let her be dropped off in the streets > again......she cannot survive on her own! Their is wildlife that could also > get her. > > Again, please email me privately and tell me what town and state you live in > and I will be better to help you find her a home since I do networking for > chis in shelters and lost and found. > > Peggy > > > > > -------Original Message------- > > From: r.scott > Date: 8/17/2013 2:56:06 PM > To: Chihuahuas@yahoogroups.com > Subject: Re: [Chihuahuas] Chihuahua mix dumped off here. > > > She doesn't have a collar. she was dirty had dry dirt on her head.we don't > have a animal shelter here or animal control in the country. Robert > From: Peggy & The Girls <phr...@optimum.net> > To: Chihuahuas@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Saturday, August 17, 2013 11:48 AM > Subject: Re: [Chihuahuas] Chihuahua mix dumped off here. > > Gezz Robert, I hope she didn't leave her puppies some where. Sometimes, when > a stray mother knows her puppies need to be weaned, she will leave them for a > while > seeking out food for them and herself, so it is possible she wasn't dumped on > you. I hope you checked all around your property and under the house. Also > hope that > you asked all of your neighbors if they lost a chi and posted signs that you > found one, and looked at the local papers in case anyone advertised that she > was lost. You can even put an add in a local paper, but make sure that they > tell you something special about the dog to prove that she really belongs to > them. You wouldn't want someone who just takes any dogs and then sells them > to the PMs or Labs for testing or uses them for Bait dogs, or uses her as a > breeder. > > Call your shelter and ask if anyone has lost a chi-mix. > Bring her to a Vet and ask them to check if she is microchipped. Most Vets > won't charge to do that for a stray. > Check local papers if she is listed as lost. > Post Signs for a found small dog. > Place an ad in local papers for a found small dog. > > There are web sites that list lost and found dogs: See if she is listed, if > not list her as being found > > http://www.petamberalert.com/ click on ''View Lost dogs'' and also click > on ''Report Found Dog'' > > http://www.thecenterforlostpets.com/ > > http://www.fidofinder.com/ > > http://www.lostandfound.com/ > > http://www.lostpetusa.net/home > > http://www.missingpet.net/ > > http://www.lostdogsearch.com/links.htm > > Call rescues to see if they can pick her up, if you don't get a response from > anyone looking for her. > > She looks like a sweet little girl, perhaps you can convince your mother to > give you another couple of weeks to find her owners first. Most strays are > afraid of strangers, especially when they have puppies, so for her to be that > sweet and trusting shows she came from a home where she was spoiled some what. > > What town, city and state do you live in? I can find rescues in your state > to help you, and also help with searching for her owners. You can email me > privately if you want to. > > Peggy > > > > > -------Original Message------- > > From: r.scott > Date: 8/17/2013 11:22:25 AM > To: chihuahuas@yahoogroups.com > Subject: [Chihuahuas] Chihuahua mix dumped off here. [1 Attachment] > > > Just one thing I didn't need a little half Chihuahua dumped off here at my > house. she is grown and I think she had puppies. she's very friendly and > sweet and loving but I can't keep her. my 80 year old widowed mom lives > here too she owns this house and won't let me have more than one dog so > what do I do??? I have grown really attached to her, it was one week today > I went outside and there she was in the yard tail wagging and my neutered > male Cody wanted to get to know her. my mom is really putting pressure on me > to get rid of her ASAP. I'm afraid if I don't find her a home or a > shelter my mom will try to get me to take her off somewhere else and if I > don't do it she'll get one of my sisters to come and take her off and dump > her else where. so I'm in a real dilemma. here is a picture of the dog. I > sort of started calling her "Daisy Mae" Rob. > > > >
