The life of my pitbull R.I.P. Chato
MY STORY WILL BEGIN FROM CHATOS FIRST DAYS WITH ME UP TO HIS LAST DAY JUNE 14TH 2009.ALL MY LIFE I WANTED A PITBULL.I HAD ONE GROWING UP AND WE HAD TO GET RID OF HIM.ANOTHER SAD CHAPTER OF MY LIFE.ANYWAY I MET MY EX IN 1999 AND I BEGGED HIM FOR A DOG.I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN A HUGE ANIMAL LOVER.AND THE FACT I HAD PEOBLEMS HAVING CHILDREN I ALWAYS FELT MOMMY-ISH WITH MY ANIMALS.WELL MY EX BEING THE HARD CORE OUT OF THE RIVER MEXICAN THAT HE IS BELIEVED THAT DOGS DID NOT BELONG IN THE HOUSE.WELL I BEING THE SPOILED AMERICAN GIRL THAT ALWAYS GREW UP WITH ANIMALS THOUGHT THEY SHOULD BE TREATED LIKE ROYALTY.I SHOULD HAVE NEVER PRESSED THE ISSUE HAD I KNOWN THE OUTCOME.WE LIVED IN A TRAILER PARK {YEE HAW} AND I WAS NOT GOING TO LEAVE A BABY PITBULL OUTDOORS WITH NO SHOTS AND THE RISK OF HIM BEING STOLEN AND DOGFIGHTING WAS A BIG ISSUE IN OUR AREA.SO I GAVE UP ON THE IDEA.THEN ONE DAY OUT OF THE BLUE MY EX CALLED ME FROM WORK THAT HE SEEN A SIGN FOR PITBULL PUPPIES 125.00 DOLLARS EACH.I WAS LIKE ARE YOU SURE WE SHOULD DO THIS I DONT WANT ANY TROUBLE OR STRESS AT HOME.AND BEING THE VERY ABUSIVE VIOLENT MAN THAT HE WAS I SURE DIDNT WANT TO MAKE HIM MAD.WELL HE ASSURED ME THAT WE WOULD GO LOOK AT THE PUPS THAT NIGHT.WE ARRIVED AT DUSK AND IT WAS THE NASTIEST PLACE I HAD EVER BEEN TO.DOGS FLEAS ETC.THE GIRL TOLD ME THAT THEY ONLY HAD ONE PUP LEFT AND IT WAS A BOY.I REQUESTED TO SEE THE PARENTS TO ENSURE I WAS GETTING A PURE BRED OR CLOSE ENOUGH LOL.WELL HIS DAD HAD BEEN PICKED UP THAT DAY FOR KILLING ANOTHER DOG BUT THE MOM AND GRANDMA WERE THERE.I KIND OF STRAYED FROM THE THOUGHT OF GETTING HIM AFTER HEARING HIS DADS OUTCOME BUT I THOUGH HEY IF A CHILD IS UP FOR ADOPTION AND HIS BIOLOGICAL PARENTS HAD DRUG PROBLEMS ETC DO THEY DESERVE NOT TO HAVE A HOME?NO WAY!!WELL FINALLLY THEY CALLED HIM AND I TELL YOU THE UGLIEST LITTLE DOG CAME AROUND THAT CORNER I HAD EVER SEEN.LONG LEGS THIN BODY.FLOPPY EARS.JUST A FACE ONLY A MOTHER IF EVEN THAT COULD LOVE.I LOOKED AT MY EX HE LOOKED AT ME AND WE WERE LIKE OMG NO WAY.HE DIDNT LOOK PURE HE LOOKED SICK.WE BOUGHT HIM.I TOOK HIM HOME AND BATHED HIM.TOOK HIM TO THE VET THE NEXT DAY AND PUT 200 DOLLARS IN HIM.ALL MY FAMILY LAUGHED AT MY "PUREBRED" PITBULL.I DIDNT CARE HE WAS SPECIAL.WE NAMED HIM CHATO IN ENGLISH MEANS SHORT NOSE,LITTLE DID WE KNOW HIS NOSE WOULD GROW LONGER LOL.I SLEPT WITH HIM ON THE SOFA FOR 2 WEEKS AND HE WAS POTTY TRAINED.HE STARTED GROWING FILLING OUT AND WAS AMAZING.HE WOULD LET NOONE NEAR MY DAUGHTER HE SLEPT WITH HER FROM 2 MONTHS OLD ON...ONE DAY HIS HAIR STARTED FALLING OUT HE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH DEMODEX A HEREDITARY MANGE.NO CURABLE BUT TREATABLE.AND IT SOMETIMES GOES WAY.I HAD HIS EARS CROPPED 175.00 AND HIS MONTHLY TREATMENTS FOR HEARTWORM PREVENT. DIPS. MED ETC.WERE ABOUT 50.00 A MONTH NOT INCLUDING SCIENCE DIET FOOD HE WENT ON THAT WAS 40.00 A BAG.HE CONTINUED TO EXCEL.HE WAS BEAUTIFUL.ONE MORNING I WENT TO SLEEP BOILING TEA SET THE POT ON FIRE AND HE CAME AND WOKE ME UP.WHEN HURRICANE SEASON HIT FLORIDA 4X THAT YEAR MY KID AND DOG WERE THE FIRST PACKED.HOWEVER THINGS CHANGED CHATO TURNED VERY PEOPLE AGGRESSIVE TO PEOPLE HE DID NOT KNOW SO I BEING A VET TECH TOOK ALL PRECAUTIONS MUZZLE WHEN OUTSIDE KEPT HIM INDOORS ETC.I FEEL THIS CAME FROM ALL OF THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IN THE HOME.HE WOULD SHAKE AND HIDE.SO WE MOVED TO A HOUSE.AGAIN WE KEPT HIM INDOORS.TOOK HIM OUT TO POTTY.WELL IN 2007 MY EX BEAT ME DOWN TO THE GROUND IN A TOWEL AND IT WAS THE LAST TIME.I PACKED MY THINGS TOOK MY CHIHUAHUA A BAG OF CLOTHES AND LEFT OR HE SAID HE WOULD KILL ME.HE BEAT ME IN MY HEAD RIBS ARMS FACE.I NEVER TOLD I WAS SCARED.MY DAUGHTER WAS ACTUALLY MY STEP DAUGHTER I HAD NO LEGAL RIGHTS TO BRING HER AND SHE SAID SHE WANTED TO STAY WITH DADDY THAT HE WAS NICE WHEN I WASNT AROUND.ANYWAY NOONE WOULD TAKE ME IN WITH AN 80 POUND PITBULL SO I FELT HE WAS SAFER AT HOME.MY EX ASSURED ME THAT IF I LEFT HIM ALONE DID NOT FIGHT FOR THE HOUSE OR MAKE PROBLEMS WITH HIS MANY GIRLFRIENDS HE WOULD CARE FOR CHATO,MY DOG NAMED PUPPY,TEQUILLA THE CAT AND MY DAUGHTER.I NEVER STAYED AWAY FROM MY DAUGHTER I ALWAYS FOUND A WAY TO CHECK ON HER.WELL TO GET TO THE POINT MY EX MET HIS 5TH OR 6TH GIRLFRIEND MOVED HER INTO "OUR" HOUSE WITH HER 2 KIDS AND THE CONCIEVED HER 4TH CHILD AND HIS 3RD OR 4TH I LOST COUNT HE MADE SO MANY BABIES IN 1 YEAR WITH DIFFERENT WOMEN.WELL HE DIDNT WANT THE DOG TO BE IN THE HOUSE ANY LONGER WITH THE NEW BABY COMING AND I CAN UNDERSTAND THAT SO I ASKED HIM TO BUILD HIM A HUGE PEN OUT BACK AND MAKE SURE HE STAYED ON HIS MEDS.I BOUGHT A 70.00 CAN OF DIP FOR HIS SKIN AND GAVE HIM ONE YEAR SUPPLY HEARTGUARD FOR BOTH DOGS.NEEDLESS TO SAY THE CAT RAN AWAY DUE TO STARVATION MY OTHER DOG GOT LOOSE AND NEVER CAME BACK I DONT BLAME HIM AND CHATO GOT PUT OUTSIDE.MY EX FORBID ME TO GO ON THE PROPERTY SO I DIDNT BUT HE ASSURED ME THAT CHATO WAS FINE AND LOVING OUTDOOR LIFE.WELL FIRST THING CHATO SHOULD HAVE BEEN IN A LOCKED PEN DUE TO HIS AGGRESSIVE NATURE.ON FRI THE 12TH MY EX CALLED SAID CHATO WAS NOT EATING AND LOOKED A LIL THIN.WELL KNOWIING THAT HE WOULD BE WORKING AT HIS WHORE NIGHT CLUB I WOULD BE SAFE TO SNEAK IN AND LOOK IN ON HIM AND LEAVE I TOOK A BLANKET SOME MEDS FOOD WATER.WHEN I GOT THERE I WAS IMPRESSED WITH THE HOUSE HE BUILT HIM IT WAS HUGE BUT HIS WATER WAS GREEN AND HIS FOOD WAS STALE WITH BUGS.HE ADMITTED TO FEEDING HIM ONLY WHEN HE HAD TIME.AND ALSO ADMITTED THAT HE NEVER GAVE THE DOGS THE HEARTGUARD EITHER.SO WHEN I WALKED AROUND THE HOUSE I FOUND CHATO ON A CHAIN BIG ENOUGH TO TOW A CAR WITH LAYING IN THE SAND.HE WAS SO THIN YOU COULD ONLY SEE HIS HEAD POKING UP.I EXPECTED A GREETING ALL I GOT WAS A LETHARGIC DOG HE TRIED TO STAND AND FELL.HE WAS WEAK.HIS HAIR WAS GONE HE HAD HUNDREDS OF FLEAS ON HIM.I CALLED THE POLICE THEY DID NOTHING.OTHER THAN CALL MY EX TO GET PERMISSION TO TAKE THE DOG WITH ME.I HAD TO PICK HIM UP AND CARRY HIM TO MY CAR.HE LIVENED UP A BIT STUCK HIS HEAD IN A BAG OF IAMS PUPPY FOOD I HAD IN THE CAR SND STARTED EATING.I BROUGHT HIM TO MY PARENTS WHERE I LIVE AND BATHED HIM HE POURED BLOOD AND MORE HAIR FELL OUT DO TO THE FLEAS AND SKIN NEGLECT.HE PUT NO WEIGHT ON HIS LEG.THE NIGHT GREW WORSE I STAYED UP WITH HIM HE CRIED HE COULDNT WALK WELL HE WAS PEEIN ON HIMSELF AND I FILED A CLAIM WITH ANIMAL SERVICES TOOK HIM TO THE EMERGENCY CLINIC WHERE HE WAS EUTHANIZED ON SUN JULY 14TH.THE DR DIAGNOSED HIM WITH PROBABLE MALNUTRITION AND ON A PHYSICAL SCALE OF ONE TO FIVE HE RECIEVED A ONE.THE HARDEST AND MOST HUMANE THING I COULD HAVE DOE BUT MY TEARS WONT GO AWAY MY EYES STAY WET.HE WAS MY BEST FRIEND.MY EX NEGLECTED HIM.HE WAS PUT DOWN WHILE IN MY ARMS ILL NEVER FORGET HIS LAST BREATH AND HIS WEIGHT FALL AGAINST ME AND THE DR SAYING IM SORRY HES GONENOW.FROM THERE I DONT REMEMBER MUCH MY BOYFRIEND TOOK PICS OF ME HOLDING HIS DEAD BODY CLOSE TO ME FOR COURT REASONS AND MEMORIES.I HOPE MY EX GETS SOMETHING OUT OF THIS.HE BEAT ME FOR 9 YRS NOW THIS AND THINKS HE CAN GET AWAY WITH ANYTHING.OH DID I MENTION HE WAS BITTEN BY A COTTONMOUTH BY OUR HOUSE BY THE LAKE AND 300 DOLLARS LATER HE SURVIVED THAT ALSO ?WELL HE WAS A FIGHTER AND HE WILL BE IN MY HEART UNTIL THE DAY I DIE.I LOVE YOU CHATO.