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Ergh!

k.m.a

Posted : 8/23/2006 4:37:46 AM

My sister has a 1yr old pomeranian, whom she bought from a petstore. (Which is only one of my annoyances, since she knew about pet store puppies. She worked in one!) Shes a nice enough dog, but my sister doesnt take care of her at all. I've been walking her mostly everyday when I can, but she's recently broken her lead. That was 2 weeks ago, my sister still hasnt bought her a new lead. She hasn't been spayed (I just recently convinced her not to breed her! She was going to be breed her with a chi when she turned two because she wanted to.) She needs her teeth fixed, since her baby teeth did not fall out when her adult ones came in. Typical for small breeds, but it's necessary. She has some eye goobers, which I clean out daily. I clip her nails. I feed and water her. My sister plays with her inbetween work and hanging out with friends..

She hasn't been to training yet either, she's unsocialized.. She barks at every single thing and I'm trying really hard to teach her not to. She begs like nuts, she doesnt know the meaning of off, she STILL pees on the carpet even though she knows where to go.. My sister thinks it cute when she growls.. I'm trying to raise her dog, teach her manners.. , and my sister doesnt even cooperate, she's sabotaging her own dog's training. I talk to her about taking care about her animal, she just talks over top of me and says, "Oh, I'll be out of this house in two years, you won't have to deal with it, afterall, it's my dog and if you're just going to complain about doing things for her then dont do it!" I don't think she understands that i'm not doing the favour for her, but for the dog. Also, with me getting a newf soon and her pom remains to be ill-mannered, I'm worried about my gentle giant becoming a rude dog from learning off of a small breed, just because my sister feels its okay because she's so small.

I can't even imagine how the dog was treated when she lived at my dads for half of the dog's first year.

How can I talk some sense into her?!

Angry

ron2

Posted : 8/23/2006 5:53:23 AM

How can I talk some sense into her?!

As my mom used to say, "with a 2 X 4."

Seriously, though, I can't see much of a future for the little dog with her.

Luvntzus

Posted : 8/23/2006 6:15:19 AM

Goodness gracious that sounds frustrating! [&:] I don't have any advice, just sympathy.

Hopefully some other people will be along with great advice for you!!

fuzzy_dogs_mom

Posted : 8/23/2006 9:57:28 AM

Any chance that you could just keep the dog? The pupper would probably be a lot better off with you if you could manage it. You sister is probably a better candidate for a stuffed dog. [&:]

Joyce

k.m.a

Posted : 8/23/2006 3:02:17 PM

I'm pretty sure that the dog will end up living with my mother and I when she moves out anyway, but I don't know.. It would be nice for her to take responsibility for the dog, but I don't know how to talk to her about taking the responsibility if she's so stubborn, she's 17 and she can't even take care of a dog. She shouldn't be so immature at this age. [&:]

chewbecca

Posted : 8/23/2006 3:28:48 PM

Wait.
The dog broke her lead?
What was the lead made out of?
craaazy.
Poor doggie.

nyiceprincess

Posted : 8/23/2006 4:04:37 PM

Poor dog,atleast she has you! I would definitely keep doing all you can for the sake of the dog and if there is a good chance the dog will be staying after she leaves.Dog leads can be gotten very cheaply if need be.We buy several at a time from the dollar store to send home with our shelter dogs.Maybe you or your mom can pick one up?
It sounds like she is just immature and wasnt ready for a dog.Good for you for stepping up and taking care of her.Train her,walk her.groom her,feed her,socialize her,and love her.Be proud of yourself for doing it!

Margaret Tyler

Posted : 8/23/2006 5:30:51 PM

Sounds like how I got my Joey. Before we were married my husband had a roommate that kept bringing home animals that she'd just stop taking care. When she brought home Joey I fell head over heels for him.

Sure enough, she got bored with him and I took over. She never did anything with him,but complained of how wild he was. Never bought him anything he needed, other than the first bag of food and when that ran out she fed him bread for 2 days before I drove to Pet Smart, where I bought way more than food. I also bought a crate, a chew toy (previously she was yelling at him for chewing on the toilet brush) and a leash.

Here he was, not even my dog, and I spent well over $100 and drove way out of my way to go to Pet Smart and she couldn't even drive 10 minutes to the grocery store to get him food.

Worst yet, she told me she was going to give him back to his original owner, who gave him to her because they couldn't house train him. She said "he is impossible."

I just took him. She knew where he was and never asked another question.

If she seems like the kind of person who just doesn't care, just take over. Take him places, get her spayed, get her teeth fixed and when she wants to take him with her, give her a bill of all the vet bills. Chances are, she probably won't even care and just let you have it.

k.m.a

Posted : 8/23/2006 7:23:51 PM

ORIGINAL: chewbecca

Wait.
The dog broke her lead?
What was the lead made out of?
craaazy.
Poor doggie.

It was a flexi leash.

And my mum just came home with an a leash, so thats settled.

I would fix her teeth if I could afford it right now, I would also spay her if I could afford it right now. But everything has to be saved up, and I was savng up for my newf. I guess buying my newf will have to be post-poned even further than it was, I should atleast deal with the problem at hand. My next question would be how to get her to stop giving her table scraps, actually deal with her barking at everything, instead of saying, "Well it doesn't bother me" We live in a condo so dogs barking is a big deal, being that the whole condo area can hear it.

Margaret Tyler

Posted : 8/23/2006 8:24:22 PM

Tell her that those of us on this forum, many of which are experts - excluding myself. But anyways, tell her that we said that she's asking for all sorts of health problems like obesity and fussiness, if the little girl isn't already.

Maybe even find something on the internet, print it out and give it to her.

Good luck.