::SCREAMS!!!!!!!!!!!:::

Apr 04, 2009 18:01

People just piss me the FUCK OFF!!!!!!!

One of my dogs has turned out to have an issue with kids that I find INTENSELY worrisome, and, I believe, rightly so. When he enoucnters little kids, he circles them, barks and growls and snaps at them and doesn't stop circling them until you drag him away. Do I know how to fix it? No. Do I have the money to pay a trainer to "try" and fix it? No. You know what I do know? That I'm not going to wait for the fucker to bite my baby or someone else so that I get sued and lose everything. So, I decided to reach out to all the rescues that I could. I posted an ad on CraigsList. Here's one of the letters I got from one of the rescues. Feel free to email to the stupid cunt if you agree with me.

Letter:

Hi Jayme,
It's an awful thing (for the poor dog) that you are having this issue - I take it you never had him around kids? Unfortunately, he is not a candidate for my program. However, I will forward your e-mail to other rescues, maybe they'll be willing to work with him. What rescue did you adopt him from? Is he a purebred Lab?
You say "has demonstrated behavior around children that has upset me so much I have decided not to keep him". Let me ask you something ... when this child you are carrying is born and (eventually) shows behavior that upsets you, are you going to give him/her up or "teach" proper behavior? Dogs are like humans and need to be taught acceptable behavior. It saddens me that you are giving up on him without asking for help from a trainer. There are 2 Lab clubs in NJ who might be able to recommend a good trainer.
I wish you and your unborn well, I hope you don't get PPD and, most important, I pray that Absinthe finds the love from humans that he and all dogs so very much deserve (especially when they've been previously dumped) and who are willing to teach him proper behavior. I also hope that in the future, when your child is out of control, that you ask for help and don't give-up.
Tw more things (1), if you bring him to a shelter (as you say you might have to) just remember is - they kill Labs first - before they'll kill a Pit Bull. The reason is they feel if you brought a Lab to a kill shelter then the dog is no good. Secondly, if a family does adopt him from the shelter and they are not told about this behavior, would you want to know that the husband beat the crap out of him? Kicked him in the gut. That's what will happen if he is put in a shelter. Do you really think the shelter worker will remember that you said he's not good with kids? And, lastly, are you a teacher? Do you teach your students to give-up with trying? I ask because I see your e-mail is teacherjayne. I'm glad you're not my kids teacher.
Marjorie
AdoptARescuedLab@aol.com

Response:
Marjorie:

He looks like a purebred lab to me, but he didn't come with any papers (other than his adoption papers). As per the rescue we got him from, it was a private residence working with a collie rescue. I do know that he orgininally came from a high-kill shelter down in Georgia. That's all I know on his history.

As per the rest of your email, it is very interesting that you yourself are unwilling to take the dog and work with him, yet you will judge me as harshly as you have. Next, though I will agree with you that there are many similarities between having a pet and a child, they are still NOT the same thing. The welfare of people should always precede the welfare of any animal. I can tell you right now that I'm not worried about my kid biting someone, but am I worried about Absinthe biting someone. I did not work my entire life to have everything taken away from me through a lawsuit because of a dog, and you are fooling yourself if you don't think the dog is a huge legal liability.

I would also just like to let you know that my brother was bit in the face by a dog when he was kid and this dog had NO history of being aggressive toward children. My aunt was also bit in the face by a dog and that animal took a giant chunk of meat away from her and for the rest of her life she thought she was ugly and that nobody would ever love her, so she turned to drugs and got hooked on crack. It's hard enough having to struggle with the decision to get a rid of a dog because I do not want to have these various things on my conscience, but to reach out for someone for help and to be so harshly judged.....I have absolutely NO WORDS!

Furthermore, I don't have any money to hire a trainer because, if you haven't noticed, the economy is in the toilet and my husband has been unemployed since January. We've been struggling to make ends meet on one income, and after we pay the bills each month, there there isn't a DIME of extra money left with which to hire a trainer. I DID look into that, by the way, long before I thought about getting rid of him. Incidentally, trainers are not cheap. IF you know of one that wants to work for free, feel free to send him or her my way. There is also no gaurantee that a trainer will be able to "fix" his problem, and I will tell you point blank, that the day the dog bites someone, anyone, it is his last day on this planet.

As opposed to keeping him in a situation that is clearly not ideal for him, I chose to try and find him a home or a rescue that could place him said home, preferably somewhere where there are no children. If unable to do so, I had specifically intended to take him a to a no-kill shelter, but you have revealed to me the possibility that so many terrible things could very well happen to Absinthe, so thank you for helping me make up my mind as to what to do with the dog. As soon as the other rescues get back to me and tell me the same thing that you yourself have told me, I will just take him to the vet and be done with it.

Last, I am a teacher and I too am glad that I don't work with your kids.

Regards, Jayme
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