I am an idiot and my heart is broken (outdoorschik)

Karen, sometimes the forgiveness takes a long time. The first thing you need to do is forgive yourself.

Truley

Karen, sometimes the forgiveness takes a long time. The first thing you need to do is forgive yourself.

Very well put and I totally agree.  

(((hugs)))

 (((hugs)))

You couldn't have expected it, but now you know better. What matters now is what you do in the future. I had a dog hit by a car because she got out the door when I went to put something in my car. I didn't latch the baby gate right, and I only closed the screen door. I didn't know she could open the door, but she apparently knew how to hit the latch. I felt horrible for quite a while afterwords. Now, if the screen is open, and the dogs are on the same floor, either someone is there to keep them back, or the screen is locked. Either that, or if I just go quickly, and I only have Luke around, I just put him on a leash and take him out with me.

When we go out, the dogs are crated. Nobody has attacked the cat, however, I could see it happening. Luke gets a little too rough with her for my liking, but she apparently doesn't mind. I pick her up and move her out of reach, and she comes back to him. However, if all the dogs are around, then she tends to stay away from the pack.

No flaming from me, we have to keep Willow completely away from the cats.  I'm so sorry about Rosco.  I know how quickly I fell in love with mine despite the fact that I'm not a "cat person". 

Its like when I had dakota. I could not get mad at her for escaping and running loose. I had to come to terms with one day she would probably get hit by a car. It wouldn't have been my fault. I did my best to keep her secure and give her the run time she needed but as a husky it was just one of those things. She killed small animals and she took ebery opportunity to run for miles.

I know that you know all this. It will just take time to soften up to her again. She is just a dog and wants to be loved by her humans