is this cruel enough to report?
This is a very long story.
Alsmost 3 years ago my dad's wife nagged him to get a dog saying that she was bored to be alone at home. She is a nurse and when she's not at 12h shift she's at home all day. I don't remember them looking for a dog for a long time and waiting, I just remember they typed in "boxer-bulldog mix, raleigh nc" on craigslistand found a couple of puppies and went to see them.
They picked up Betty the same day they saw her, $300, no questions, no parents seen.
They did some puppy training and put her on Banfield vaccination plan. For the first year everything was not perfect, but OK. Next year my dad's wife got pregnant and stopped paying any attention to the dog. In fact, she kept he in the cage when my dad wasn't at home. Since the dog is very needy and just can't live without her people she was constantly whining and trying to escape the cage. She also chewed up anything she could reach. A year after the adoption my dad's wife was beggin him to give up the dog to the shelter...
For the time being my dad used to take her for walks and jogs, but with the arrivial of the new baby he stopped it completely. I mean, he doesn't even take her for walks. Part of it is because the dog just gets too excited outside and wants to say hello to everyone by jumping all over them.
So the current situation is...
The dog is 3 years old, spends most part of her day in the cage. She gets to go to the backyard a few times a day and be there by herself. She has an electric collar to prevent her from jumping the fence and sometimes my dad's wife zaps her if she scratches on the door and tries to go back inside.
When people come over the dog stays in the cage because she just gets too excited and jumps on everyone. Needless to say she whines the entire time, could be hours. Once I let her out in the kitchen and she stopped whining, but dad's wife locked her anyways.
They think it's OK to leave for 2 weeks and keep her in the cage the entire time and have someone come in twice a day to let her eat and out.
I have a feeling that dad doesn't care for his dog that much either. He thinks it's perfectly normal for her to stay up to 10 hours a day in the cage except for when she needs to go outside and eat. When I told him I was getting a puppy he asked me if I could take his dog instead. I knew I cuoldn't handle her and said No. At the same time loking for a new home for Betty is not an option to him.
This really makes me angry and sorry for her. I don't have the space in my apartment for this dog and not much time to train and exercise her properly. She is very sweet and loving, but needy at the same time. She cuold be a perfect dog for someone with an active lifestyle or dog agility, but she's only getting worse in my dad's house. It's lke they don't understand that by cnfining her they only make it worse, not better. They assumed she'd grow out of it, but she's 3 and is still acting like a puppy.
Sometimes I really considering reporting them so poor thing can have a chance for a better life.
Would this treatment be considering cruel? Is this fair to the dog? I alays thought that "We are responsible for who we tame".They do feed her twice a day (the cheapest food available) and she's in good health but sometimes I think they are waiting for her to die...
What can I do for this dog?
Alsmost 3 years ago my dad's wife nagged him to get a dog saying that she was bored to be alone at home. She is a nurse and when she's not at 12h shift she's at home all day. I don't remember them looking for a dog for a long time and waiting, I just remember they typed in "boxer-bulldog mix, raleigh nc" on craigslistand found a couple of puppies and went to see them.
They picked up Betty the same day they saw her, $300, no questions, no parents seen.
They did some puppy training and put her on Banfield vaccination plan. For the first year everything was not perfect, but OK. Next year my dad's wife got pregnant and stopped paying any attention to the dog. In fact, she kept he in the cage when my dad wasn't at home. Since the dog is very needy and just can't live without her people she was constantly whining and trying to escape the cage. She also chewed up anything she could reach. A year after the adoption my dad's wife was beggin him to give up the dog to the shelter...
For the time being my dad used to take her for walks and jogs, but with the arrivial of the new baby he stopped it completely. I mean, he doesn't even take her for walks. Part of it is because the dog just gets too excited outside and wants to say hello to everyone by jumping all over them.
So the current situation is...
The dog is 3 years old, spends most part of her day in the cage. She gets to go to the backyard a few times a day and be there by herself. She has an electric collar to prevent her from jumping the fence and sometimes my dad's wife zaps her if she scratches on the door and tries to go back inside.
When people come over the dog stays in the cage because she just gets too excited and jumps on everyone. Needless to say she whines the entire time, could be hours. Once I let her out in the kitchen and she stopped whining, but dad's wife locked her anyways.
They think it's OK to leave for 2 weeks and keep her in the cage the entire time and have someone come in twice a day to let her eat and out.
I have a feeling that dad doesn't care for his dog that much either. He thinks it's perfectly normal for her to stay up to 10 hours a day in the cage except for when she needs to go outside and eat. When I told him I was getting a puppy he asked me if I could take his dog instead. I knew I cuoldn't handle her and said No. At the same time loking for a new home for Betty is not an option to him.
This really makes me angry and sorry for her. I don't have the space in my apartment for this dog and not much time to train and exercise her properly. She is very sweet and loving, but needy at the same time. She cuold be a perfect dog for someone with an active lifestyle or dog agility, but she's only getting worse in my dad's house. It's lke they don't understand that by cnfining her they only make it worse, not better. They assumed she'd grow out of it, but she's 3 and is still acting like a puppy.
Sometimes I really considering reporting them so poor thing can have a chance for a better life.
Would this treatment be considering cruel? Is this fair to the dog? I alays thought that "We are responsible for who we tame".They do feed her twice a day (the cheapest food available) and she's in good health but sometimes I think they are waiting for her to die...
What can I do for this dog?
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Comment by Beauty and the Beast on October 23, 2009 at 2:26pm
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That's a perfect example of what happens when people buy a dog on a whim. They were planning to have a baby so I really don't understand how you can get a dog knowing that in a year all your attention will be on something esle.
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Comment by Alice on October 23, 2009 at 1:44pm
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It sounds like your dad doesn't have the time for the dog and doesn't want to try to give the dig a better life but keeps her out guilt. He needs to get over that. If anything he should feel guilty for not making the decision to find her a family that has time for her.
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My dad's wife is more inclined to give her away so I'm going to talk to her. THen she can convince dad that oprtions other than a pund are available.
The only thing that could be a problem is his enormous stubborness and delusion that he is always right. Sigh...
When I asked if I could keep her for 2 days while they were gone to the beah he said it was too much of inconvenience for him to bring her over ( i live 15 miles away). I would've done it myself if I had a bigger car. Pisses me off. How could you treat a dog like it's a teddy bear?
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Comment by Sarah C. on October 22, 2009 at 6:40pm
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Their problem isn't behavior(of the dog) it's laziness, so a behaviorist won't help. Tell them you'll take the dog, bring it to your apartment, and adopt it out as soon as you can. If they ask about it say it was too much to handle and you had to give her to a nice family.
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Have you tried sitting down with your Dad or the both of them and voicing your concern so that they take you seriously. Tell them how much it bothers you and that if they’d like help with training you can help some but if they don't want to put any time into training her and giving her the quality of life she deserves they should re-home her. Offer to help with re-homing her. If they don't have time for the dog they may not take the time to re-home her themselves so offering to help with the process may get them to agree to it. She doesn't have to end up in the pound, you can probably locate a local boxer or bull dog rescue. They will take her and usually charge a fee but at least you know she'll be taken care of. I understand your frustration and concern. I don't however think that reporting them would do any good. If they came out and saw that the dog was in good shape and the owners said they wanted to keep her, I don't think they can do much else.
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Comment by christy fry on October 22, 2009 at 5:32pm
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Maybe you could show them this blog seeing your concern and their behavior in writing might help them to change their views on this pup or give it to a rescue for a possible better life ?
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Comment by Stephanie on October 22, 2009 at 4:53pm
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dogs and kids are a fine line in most people's opinions - people don't like to be told how to raise their kids and they don't like to be told how to raise their dogs. So, you're in sticky territory. The only thing I can think of, is to offer to take her for a week or two, maybe doing it under the pretense of "helping them out a little, since they're busy with the baby" - in that time maybe you could work with the dog a little, on leash and with the chewing (pennies in a can?), then when you take her back, you could show them all the "cool" stuff she can do....
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My fiance'd hate me if I did that... I'm thinking about buying them a behaviourist's consultation which is around $160 here for one visit. I'm afaid they are at that point now that they don't care. Their 15 mo old is the the only priority to them, nothing else exists.
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Comment by Bev Levy on October 22, 2009 at 3:15pm
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Do you think you could take her and give her up for adoption? That probably would cause less problems than reporting them. You could say you tried but she did not work out.
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