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Ugh, Just need to vent.
So we have two dogs who I absolutely adore, We don't have any children so these dogs are my babies. One is very well mannered and just all around a very good dog, the other on the other hand is a huge handful but I love her no matter what. Lucy is very challenging and likes to push your buttons to no end, DH is always saying that she's my dog (because she's always in trouble 90% of the time) and how I just had to have her and I just wouldn't let go until we brought her home. His family doesn't help most of the time because they don't like how much energy she has and they are always making comments about how we will never be able to have nice things and we will never be able to have kids because she's just too much.Here's the deal, had I not brought her home she would have died, she was so full of worms and her belly was so big that you could roll her around, she was extremely underweight, had ticks and I truly believe had I not found her she would have died.
Yesterday my worst fear came true, she stole a sock out of the laundry room and normally I can make her drop it but for whatever reason she swallowed the freaking sock!! I start to panic because I did not want to have to have the dang thing surgically removed. I called the vet and they said to bring her in and more than likely they would have to do xrays to determine exactly where the sock was and then if it was too far in they would have to do surgery. I'm so upset because when I went to go tell DH what had happend he turned into a complete jerk and basically blamed me for the whole thing. He wouldn't even help me decide what to do and he acted like I gave the damn thing to her on purpose or something.
I ended up taking her in and luckily since it had only been 20 minutes they were able to give her 2 syringes of peroxide and after 15 minutes of vomiting the sock finally came out. I'm just so pissed because DH never once called or even text to check on her and then he comes home last night and this is how the conversation goes.
DH:Well?
Me:Well What?
DH:Well is she gonna have surgery
Me:No
DH:Why not?
Me:Don't worry about it, she's alive and that's all that matters.
Then he proceeds to act like nothing ever happend and then at bed time he wants to be all lovey dovey and see if he can get some, ummm No I don't think so!!!!
Ok, sorry that is so long but I do feel better that I got that off my chest! Men are so retarded sometimes!
Re: Ugh, Just need to vent.
Two months into our first dog, and I completely understand.
A few questions: How old is Lucy? Have you been to training? Does she mind your husband? How long have you had her?
She's 2 years old, she has been to training and she does listen 90% of the time. When she gets things in her mouth she thinks it's a game and she likes for us to chase her which is bad but you kind of have to in order to get whatever it is away from her. I think what happend yesterday was our other dog started chasing her and I think she just freaked and ended up swallowing it.
I found her when she was 8 weeks old. She does listen but she's the kind of dog that if she doesn't want to do something then she's not going to, or she kind of tunes everyone out. We've worked really hard with her but she has a mind of her own.
I also had surgery last week so I haven't been able to exercise her like she needs but come this weekend it's totally on!
I can relate! My girl is terrible about dryer sheets and eating her toys... I don't even want to try and count how many times I have stuck my hand down her throat.
Your ILs sound similar to mine. They are cat people and have never had an indoor dog. I dread them watching my daughter because I always have to put the dogs in the yard or their crate so they "don't get dogged"... Heaven forbid they get licked or get a hair on their pant leg.... My dogs are super annoying the first 5 minutes someone new is in our house and his parents just can not deal with that and wait through that short time until they are calm, cool, and collected.
BTW, we now have a baby and the two dogs... Most days the dogs are funnier and better at entertaining her than I am. You can do it!
I will tell you a horror story about an ordeal too. Paisley got some grass that had Simple Green on it (figured out afterwards). I came home to a disgusting mess, I waited for DH to get home because on the phone he was so ho hum about it. He raced down the highway because not 5 minutes after he agreed she needed to get to the vet NOW she went limp in the car. Ever since then, DH is always the first one to say they need to go to the vet if they even seem mildly sick.