The dog musing/vent thread
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Thanks, guys. Unfortunately, nothing can be done. I failed her.
I'm just cursed. I never deserved a dog as perfect as Roxie anyways. She was made for so much more than this. I never took a day for granted, and I will always cherish each moment I had with her.
I just wish I had more time with her. I wanted so badly for her to grow old, to be by my side through everything I have yet to experience. I don't know how I'm going to do it without her. She is like the physical representation of my soul, and losing her feels like losing everything that makes me who I am.
I'm just cursed. I never deserved a dog as perfect as Roxie anyways. She was made for so much more than this. I never took a day for granted, and I will always cherish each moment I had with her.
I just wish I had more time with her. I wanted so badly for her to grow old, to be by my side through everything I have yet to experience. I don't know how I'm going to do it without her. She is like the physical representation of my soul, and losing her feels like losing everything that makes me who I am.
I'm sure you did not fail her. It's obvious how much you care for her and work to do everything right for her.
Is this a behavioral thing? Medical? Freak accident? If you give us more details there may indeed be something we can do to help you. I know you are coming from a very emotional place right now, understandably.
*hugs*
Is this a behavioral thing? Medical? Freak accident? If you give us more details there may indeed be something we can do to help you. I know you are coming from a very emotional place right now, understandably.
*hugs*
I'm sure you did not fail her. It's obvious how much you care for her and work to do everything right for her.
Is this a behavioral thing? Medical? Freak accident? If you give us more details there may indeed be something we can do to help you. I know you are coming from a very emotional place right now, understandably. *hugs*
Is this a behavioral thing? Medical? Freak accident? If you give us more details there may indeed be something we can do to help you. I know you are coming from a very emotional place right now, understandably.
*hugs*
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I put her in a situation I shouldn't have. I misjudged the situation, thinking she would be okay. She wasn't. I should have known better. Luckily no one was hurt, because I reacted fast enough.
I think it's just a long line of people from before I adopted her who have failed her (including the shelter) and I'm the last person on the list. I should have known. And I didnt. I failed her.
I think it's just a long line of people from before I adopted her who have failed her (including the shelter) and I'm the last person on the list. I should have known. And I didnt. I failed her.
I don't think it means anything other than that you haven't found the right dog yet. I fell in love with my foster, but she wasn't a good fit. I'm still upset that I gave her up. It sucked. I wanted to keep her forever, and she felt the same. She was such an easy dog.
I inquired with several other breeders, no response, no response, and then the one who responded was an asshat to me. I stopped looking at Dobermans and inquired with Moxie Collies. I ended up basically on the wait list for a Collie puppy, and my breeder called me out of nowhere saying Sizzle referred her to me, and she had a girl puppy who needed a home at 12wks. Everything just felt right, and I was certain about my decision. She's also the best dog I've ever lived with. Once things were right, it all fell into place. The wait sucked, though.
I inquired with several other breeders, no response, no response, and then the one who responded was an asshat to me. I stopped looking at Dobermans and inquired with Moxie Collies. I ended up basically on the wait list for a Collie puppy, and my breeder called me out of nowhere saying Sizzle referred her to me, and she had a girl puppy who needed a home at 12wks. Everything just felt right, and I was certain about my decision. She's also the best dog I've ever lived with. Once things were right, it all fell into place. The wait sucked, though.
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As pinkspore offers me a potentially perfect sports dog from a friend for my situation who is an ACD mix, and it dawns upon me a few minutes after receiving the message that my dang apartment has ACD's and ACD mixes on the restricted breeds list.
Which makes absolutely no sense whatsoever, because Border Collies and Malinois are ALLOWED. (LOL...)
My apartment policy has the craziest breeds that are restricted- some of the weirdest include Salukis, Afghan Hounds, Keeshonds (?!?!), Elkhounds (?!?!?!), Foxhounds (?!??!?!?!?!?!), and Australian Cattle Dogs.
Which makes absolutely no sense whatsoever, because Border Collies and Malinois are ALLOWED. (LOL...)
My apartment policy has the craziest breeds that are restricted- some of the weirdest include Salukis, Afghan Hounds, Keeshonds (?!?!), Elkhounds (?!?!?!), Foxhounds (?!??!?!?!?!?!), and Australian Cattle Dogs.
I read this last night and obviously had just enough to drink that written word became hard for me to understand. I thought the "my breeder called me..." bit referred back to Moxie Collies, and not the dobe breeder, so when I saw your pictures of Starbucks, I was super confused for a minute. Then i realized i just am terrible at reading for comprehension.
I'm dogsitting for a couple of cattledogs I adore. I have a cattledog foster. I have a Brisbane. After a busy day I wanted to get all four some running time so we quietly crept into the park and played ball in the tennis court by the light of the full moon. The tennis court backs up to people's yards and is mere feet from houses. Despite being varying degrees of reactive, all four dogs were dead silent. They didn't even bark at the dogs that came right up to the fence to meet them.
"It's ok, my dogs are friendly!"
"Mine aren't. That's why we're playing ball in the tennis court at 11pm."
"It's ok, my dogs are friendly!"
"Mine aren't. That's why we're playing ball in the tennis court at 11pm."
Theres a thread on a Facebook group where someone was asking about a sedative for vet visits for her ACD. What made me sad was the general vibe that it is basically ACD nature to need a muzzle/special handling. None of our ACD patients at work are tolerant of handling but I hate seeing it written off as just the way they are. =/
Hopefully the fact that Sawyer is basically growing up in a vet clinic and we practice handling at home will mean that he is not one of those cases. Or maybe at the very least he will be good at my clinic with my coworkers since that's what he'll be familiar with lol. But this was a really big deal to me when considering the breed, obviously it ended up not being a deal breaker but I just don't like the idea of a dog reacting so strongly to something so simple.
Hopefully the fact that Sawyer is basically growing up in a vet clinic and we practice handling at home will mean that he is not one of those cases. Or maybe at the very least he will be good at my clinic with my coworkers since that's what he'll be familiar with lol. But this was a really big deal to me when considering the breed, obviously it ended up not being a deal breaker but I just don't like the idea of a dog reacting so strongly to something so simple.
Ugh. I can't think of any of my ACD fosters that had issues with vet type handling. :\ Sad that people just accept that.
And then there's Kes who they had to give an IM sedative before masking him down for his dental because he was wagging too much for them to do it IV. He obviously hasn't heard anything about the ACD handling issues.
And then there's Kes who they had to give an IM sedative before masking him down for his dental because he was wagging too much for them to do it IV. He obviously hasn't heard anything about the ACD handling issues.