Interesting. Now Jess is here to have it out with a woman who commented on her previous rant: An Open Missive to Mia the Omnivore.
To the Self Righteous Tw@t, Chrissy:
I invite you to come and meet my dog. Really. Actually take her for a week… no a day… and then come talk to me. You’ll be singing a different tune, I assure you. She’s a crated dog. She manages to do these things when I’m, say, washing the dishes or tossing in a load of laundry. I assure you she doesn’t troll around the apartment unwatched. On no no – quite to the contrary she is watched like a hawk. In fact, she keeps her harness and leash on in the house so when she makes a break for it behind the couch with something in her mouth I can simply stomp down on her dangling leash and stop her in her tracks.
No, it isn’t a lack of vigilance that allows my dog to do what she does so horrendously well. It would be the total lack of effort from her last 3 owners and her veterinary-diagnosed ADHD. Yeah, that is correct, my dog needs to take Ritalin in canine form. So before you preach you seemingly holier than thou morals allow me to kick that soap box right out from under your “perfect” little feet. I am not an irresponsible pet owner, you wicked little bi$ch.
In fact, I am far from it. I hold more responsibility, kindness, and compassion in my big toe than you could possibly wish to know in your life. Not only did we RESCUE Mia from being put to sleep, we took her to obedience classes (which she was promptly expelled from for an unruly and untamable personality). We take her for all her vaccinations and check ups on time, keep her groomed and nails clipped, feed her the special diet that the vet prescribed for her, pay hundreds upon hundreds of dollars to keep up on all the medicine she requires for her allergies, arthritis, ADHD, frequent urinary tract infections, and acid reflux.
So, tell me… how in the WORLD is that irresponsible? The fact that I don’t saddle my dog up and ride her around the house to make sure she doesn’t eat some random thing on a table some where does not classify me as irresponsible. It classifies me as sane. Take your self-righteous theories and shove them up your snooty little ass.
Kisses,
Jess a.k.a. Mia’s Mommy
i can’t believe she called you irresponsible! from the sound of it, your dog would be dead if you weren’t as responsible as you are. most dogs do not try to eat their own poop, nor do they eat saran wrap or entire bottles of prescription medication. why these haters gotta hate?
you’re doing great, jess. i think most people are too selfish to put that much into an animal. there should be more people like you in this world.
All I have to say is……”YOU GO GIRL!”
Okay, you’re not irresponsible.
Perhaps the term she was looking for is “stupid”?
It seems like you dog is an annoyance, a money pit, and burden on other people. Don’t try to act as if it doesn’t matter, because it does. Just because you like your dog doesn’t mean that other people have to.
sarah, you’re way out of line. is she asking you to like her dog? no! she was writing a rant to her dog about how she needs to stop the crazy behavior. and now she’s defending herself because some ignorant ass called her irresponsible. i think you just don’t get it. your post made zero sense.
With the absence of a back-story, I have to say congratulations on being a kind, loving, animal-person–but animal people don’t usually notice how their animals are affecting other people and rarely take responsibility. If I go over to a friend’s house and their dog’s nose is up in my crotch and their cats are crawling all over my clothes and face usually the owner has some dismissive remark like “Oh he just likes you” or “Oh their VERY loving” Or if your dog is up at all hours of the day barking his head off and people hate you you’ve kinda got it coming.
What you should be doing is recognizing that your pet (regardless of ANY excuse for the behavior) is irritating someone else and it’s YOUR responsibility to take care of it. If you don’t people tend to make comments about your responsibility as a pet owner. Which is a super passive-aggressive way of not poisoning your pet because they hate it so much.
I doubt its your care for the dog she’s referring to.
But there’s no story here, so I really don’t know.
What Mandy said.
Maybe I was a little too harsh on my first comment. However, I have to reiterate it again, just because you like your dog, it doesn’t mean that other people have to.
I too hate it when someone else’s dog is trying to run me over and the owner says something along the lines of “He’s just very playful, but he won’t hurt you!” I don’t care, get your dog off my face.
I’m glad you are a nice pet owner, but part of the responsibility includes making sure your pet doesn’t intrude somebody else’s personal space.
Mia, I feel you
We got a rescue dog who, while we love dearly, has eaten everything on this good earth.
He has eaten: 3 of my friends’ cellphones, all of my books and hw from my backpack back when i was in highschool, shoes, clothes, entire plastic bags, shit, tampons (the worst), and anything that may be on the table.
This stupid dog has learned how to turn off and open our microwave. He is a beagle, and yet he manages to get on top of every imaginable flat surface in our home, despite all of our attempts to prevent it by not doing things like leaving chairs etc. We bought a baby lock for the fridge because he can open that too, and somehow he routinely manages to tear through it.
The dog is on watch 24/7. There is not a moment that goes by that he is out of his crate that we arent thinking about where he is and what he is doing at every single moment. He is also as fast as a lightening bolt, so that when he pulls the table cloth off the table and grabs a piece of food he can do it in the blink of an eye, literally, and he is far away before we can do anything. Seriously, the dog is like a fucking magician.
Training, electric collars, scolding, light nose flicks, begging, pleading, and proper feeding do not help. He was a stray, he thinks like a stray, he is crafty like a stray. We know he loves us – and when he ran around for 2 months he was eerily ecstatic to see us again! But he is uncontrollable.
Fuck Chrissy. At the end of the day, its still a crafty fucking animal. And true pet owners will know what you’re going through.
Am I the only one who thinks both humans in this debate are missing the point? If this dog has half the behavioral problems that are reported, for whatever reason, it is so miserable (and making everyone else so miserable) that the kindest thing would be to euthanize it. I can’t help but think Jess has a wee bit of a martyr complex. No one with any sense refers to herself as a dog’s “mommy” even in jest, like those rich fat old ladies who carry around tiny white dogs under their arms and in expensive purses. Remember, it’s a dog, not a person.
Yak,
No, you’re not the only one.
I could not deal with such a troublesome dog, and I don’t think that somebody who puts themselves through it willingly is necessarily a better person than me for doing so.
I can understand a parent with a disturbed child willingly going through hell for it. But these are animals!
Don’t get me wrong, I’ve had pets, and I was fond of them. But I was realistic about it. They didn’t rule me, or curtail my life over-much.
A while back I stayed with a friend whose untrained dog ruled her house. She’d take him for a walk, he’d tangle her legs in the lead or nearly pull her over. He’d eat anything he could reach. She had her stairway blocked with boxes so he couldn’t get upstairs and tear stuff up. Of course, she and I had to climb over the boxes several times a day.
Then he ate my handbag (the only one I had with me! I had to go buy a new one) because there was half a chocolate bar in it. I’d left it high on a shelf, but he got to it. He threw up, of course. According to her, this was all my fault. It didn’t occur to her to apologize, or offer to pay for my new handbag.
This is a mentality I simply cannot fathom! A pet is a pet not a child.
What’s with all the meds? Sounds like it’s not working.
Often people will use their pets (or kids) to express/excuse their own anti-social tendencies. Like “oh, Muffin hates the neighbors” or “I can’t go because of Missy” etc.
This person would be better off without the dog. She has anger issues as it is.
I read “missive to Mia.
This dog does not have ADHD, this dog needs exercise because you lockher in a damned crate! Ever seen a crate in nature? When the dog gets out she is freaking frantic for attention, she does not know her place in the pack and you are not helping by blaming the dog for your poor pet ownership skills. “Oh, Mia won’t listen to Mommy…she must be sick, take her to the vet and get a pill!” You are a twit! Most of the problems you listed in your missive to Mia can be corrected by you:
Put a proper lid on the motor oil!
Keep an eye on your whiskey. (I’m assuming you mean she gets to yor glass, otherwise screw th damned cap back on the bottle…Mia has no thumbs!)
Clean the hair out of your nasty shower!
Empty your used tampon containing trash into the outdoor garbage, don’t keep that shit in the house! What are you…a collector?
Teach your husband to flush the toilet after he shits! How the hell does an adult “forget”?
If this animal has all of the health issues you describe above then you are selfish for not having her put to sleep, she must be miserable. Maybe she eats your furniture as payback for the pain you force her to endure in her enforced caged imprisonment.
I have a happy healthy Lab that is only in his cage when a repairman comes by or if I have people over who are not comfortable with dogs. The crate is not meant as a storage unit and your dog should not be treated like an overcoat.
In fact upon further reflction, If your husband cannot figure out how to properly dispose of used motor oil, drinks your whiskey and blames the dog and gets so loaded that he not only forgets to flush after he shits but doesn’t even close the lid…maybe you should put HIM to sleep as well!!
The problems you list in Missive to Mia can, for the most par be corrected by you, not Mia:
1) Put a lid on the motor oil.
2) Keep an eye on your whiskey glass. (I am assuming she gets into you glass, if not, screw the cap back onto the bottle. Mia has no thumbs!)
3) Clean the hair out of your nasty shower.
4) Empty your used tampon containing trash into the outside garbage…what are you, a collector?
5) Teach your husband how to flush the toilet after he shits! How the hell does an adult “forget”?
Your dog’s crate is not a damned dog house it is for short term use not fucking storage! Stop treating your pet like an old overcoat.
The dog does not have freaking ADHD! The animal needs exercise which you are evidently too busy to give her. You lock her in a rate all day and wonder why she runs about like mad when you let her out? You’d rather have the vet give her Ritalin in hopes she will become more docile than to take her to the park and let her be a dog?
If Mia has an many health issues as you describe abov, she is probably in pain and should be put to sleep…but you are too selfish to do what is right for her.
Make yourself a stiff drink of your precious whiskey and do the right thing.
You have faild to properly train your pet and have the audacity to blame the dog!
You are a twit.
Corrections for #12..”…for the most part…”
“…in a crate all day…”
“…has as many health issues…”
“…describe above…”
My apologies.
To the people who go over to a person’s HOUSE and expect the animals that live at the house to leave you alone…
You are in THEIR HOUSE. If you don’t like animals crawling on you, well don’t over there. Because christ. The animal can’t go visit the neighbors while you are there. What do you expect? They are ANIMALS they don’t get reason. Or get to go visit. If they bring their pets to your house, well thats a different story. But not at their own homes. Sorry that is unrealistic.
Sure the owner could lock them all up in a room, but how fair is that to the dog and cat? Because, you are visiting their home they have to be put away.
Sorry, my animals are well behaved, but will come up and sniff you if you come to my house, they are, afterall, curious as to who is in their space.
I think we should euthanize all the kids with ADHD too. Oh, sorry…that’s another rant!
Morgaine,
I’ve no problem with cats/dogs sniffing at me in ‘their’ homes, checking out the visitor. I didn’t bother mentioning it, but the friend I was visiting also had two cats & they were great. Even the one who is normally unfriendly seemed to like me.
Her bloody dog was a different story though. If he’d stopped at licking my face & jumping up at me, I wouldn’t have minded him too much. But he tore up my stuff. I can’t help but blame my friend for not training him. Basically, the dog wasn’t fit to have visitors, and I wish she’d warned me about him beforehand…..