I am so sick of this!!! As some of you know I had helped our aunt to get a dachshund which she got rid off within 3 weeks and we have her now. She got herself another one and he got sick a few days ago. He has blood in his urine. She took him to the vet and he gave her antibiotics. The second day he refused to eat and drink anything, but she was able to give him the antibiotics. He was still having the blood in his urine when he urinated. Last night she tells me that he was just lying there. I told her she needed to take him back in and she told me she would wait until the morning. She had told my daughter that if he died, he died and was wondering if she should get another dog if that would be the case. I have to say she is an elderly lady, but it still got to me because if this was the dog she had for 9 years and had to put to sleep in april she would have went to the vet right then and there. But since she isn't that attached to the new dog it did not seem to bother her too much. I talked her into calling the answeringservice last night and at 9 pm we brought the dog to the vet. He is still there and may have to be there for at least another day. They had to put him, like I had expected , on IV's. Don't know what all else they are doing but at least he is getting some help.
Then my daughter called me at work today because the dog of one of our friends had killed the cat and some kittens. The dog was a stray and this was his second home. My friend had taken him to the vet and he has his first set of shots and is on heartwormprevention and has had his rabiesshot. The vet estimates him to be a year old this coming october. He is what I believe a golden retriever mix, but I may be way off on that. Well, her husband was so upset that he told her that the dog needed to be gone by 5 pm today or he would have the dog put to sleep. After calling a bunch of people and not being able to find anyone you can guess what I done: I took off two hours from work and brought the dog home. I have him outside right now because I don't know how he would do with our dogs. I have him on a very long leash outside in front of my door. My daughters spend almost all day outside with him and we will get up throughout the night to check on him.
I don't know what I will tell my husband. I guess only that I am keeping him for her for a week and hope that in the meantime I can find him a home. The shelters in this area, the no-kill ones are full.
All he needs is a home without cats and someone that will train him. He has apparently also torn up stuff under my friends trailer. He is just like a child without guidance. He is very sweet.
I can under no circumstance take in yet another dog. I will try and post a picture of him if I can figure out how to do it. Maybe someone in this forum might want to adopt him. My friend said that she would pay for the neuter. The funny thing is that the vet would have charged them $30 to put him to sleep and $35 for disposal but she did not say anything about me having to take off from work for this. I know it should not matter, but people...I just don't get them. She is suppose to help me find him a home but for some reason I have the feeling I am all alone in finding him one.
Sorry this is sooo long. I am just upset this evening.