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09-05-2006, 08:16 AM | #16 |
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| I would've freaked out~
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09-05-2006, 08:24 AM | #17 |
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| no you didn't over react
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09-05-2006, 08:28 AM | #18 |
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| I don't think you over reacted. Having the responsiblity of taking care of a dog is no difference than having the responsiblity of taking care of a child. He wouldn't have left a child alone for that long and nor should he have your 4 legged baby. I probably would've been so mad that I would've dumped him right there and then!
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09-05-2006, 09:11 AM | #20 |
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| I'm a firm believer in "Nobody cares about or want to take care of your dog." I would personally not leave my dog with anyone for that long other than people that are paid to do that sort of thing. Your family, friends or co-workers, boyfriends etc don't want to be saddled with the responsibility of caring for your dog no matter how much you think they do.
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09-05-2006, 09:12 AM | #21 | |
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09-05-2006, 09:13 AM | #22 | |
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09-05-2006, 09:17 AM | #23 | |
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09-05-2006, 09:18 AM | #24 |
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| Daisy's Mom I do not think you overacted at all! I would have been furious We do not even leave our dogs for more than 4-5 hours alone. I agree I would not trust him to care for you baby again! Lisa |
09-05-2006, 09:32 AM | #25 |
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| I don't think you overreacted at all - I would be furious too! Was he kept in a crate the whole time? That would be pure torture! And I don't think anyone was saying that he shouldn't have gone out at all - but maybe he could have saved the drinking bender for another night when he wasn't looking after the dog? How do people get so drunk that they can't make it home? Do they forget where they live? Do they forget how to call a cab? I have little respect for people who drink themselves into oblivion... AND, it doesn't matter if people want to watch your dog or not - if someone SAYS that they will watch it and they LOVE and RESPECT ME, then I expect them to take great care with something that they know is important to me. If they don't want to watch your dog - they should flat out say so.
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09-05-2006, 09:34 AM | #26 |
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| The original question "would you be mad if" was a valid question, but I think this may have evolved into bigger questions. What do you do when you have to be away. In life, that happens, so how well prepared are we as Dog owners to deal with it. To answer the question "would you be mad if" Yes, I would be mad! He accepted the responsibity to take care of the dog. Taking care of the dog means ensuring that the dog has food, water and gets taken outside to go potty as well as giving attention. Being gone for 24 hours is not acceptable. If he was not up to the responsibility, he should have said no. It is a fact, there will be time that you have to go somewhere and can not take your furbaby with you. All of my family lives out of state, so taking her to my family is not an option. So far, I have either taken Katy with me or made arrangements for one of my dear friends who has a Yorkie as well to baby sit (she understands the needs of a Yorkie). I have not yet had to leave her for an extended amount of time. I am not sure where I will take her when that happen. I also have been sending Katy to Doggie Day Care once a week. In the event that we have to go and she stays there, I know that she will be well cared and that it is not a strange place for her to be. She has friends there and loves it. |
09-05-2006, 10:01 AM | #27 |
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| Would I be mad if something like that happened to me? Yes, of course I would. My furbabies are just as important and special to me as my skinbabies are - I would never leave any of them home, alone, for that long (it's bad enough I have to leave the furbabies at home while I work). I am lucky in the fact that my best friend lives less than a mile from my house and I have a sister and a brother who live within 3 miles so when we are out of town either traveling for baseball tournaments or just on vacation and Gabby and Gage can't go with us, I still enjoy the trip because I know I've left them in very capable, responsible hands. Between the 3 of them, Gabby and Gage are seen after several times a day (my brother, who is single, even stays the night at my house so they aren't alone). Now, to address the issue of his going out - no, I don't think she said in her original post that he couldn't go out while she was out of town. She did mention that she asked if he went by before he went out and he told her no. I bet, if he had gone by to check on her baby, fed, freshened the water, taken him outside, she probably wouldn't have been as mad - just my thoughts on it. By all means, he was not a "prisoner" to her furbaby while she was out but he did promise a responsibility to her and he let her down. If I had to guess, that's why she got so upset - the fact he let her and her furbaby down. Face it, when it comes to our furbabies, we are all guilty of getting on the defensive side when things don't go "just so" when we leave the responsibility of their care to someone else.
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09-05-2006, 10:10 AM | #28 |
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| One more thought.....LOL Ok....since it was 24 hours since he fed the yorkie or let him pee......or out of the cage.... Well then, you know what they say about "pay backs"......hummmmmm wonder what she can "withhold" from HIM for 24 hours........hummmmm a toilet......the television......McDonalds............hummmmmm wonder....what else...??????? SEX! SEX..... opps.......I did not say that......Sorry, just could not resist.... |
09-05-2006, 10:59 AM | #29 |
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| I hope your baby had the squirts all over his favorite cd's, dvd's, gameboy, pillow. toothbrush, whatever and etc.!!! If he wanted to get drunk he could have done that at home with a couple beers or whatever and watched a ballgame with your puppy in his lap! Has he even apologized??? I'd be stickin' my size 5 -okay size 6-in his A$$!!! you oughta get him all worked up and tie his A$$ up to the bed and leave him there for 24 hours and see if he likes it!!!
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09-05-2006, 11:04 AM | #30 | |
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I think sometimes this is the case, but not always. My parents love to keep my baby. They even ask me sometimes if she can come spend a few days with them, even if I'm not going anywhere or doing anything. THey just love her that much. But I wouldn't leave her with just anyone. But I also think that if someone agrees to care for your dog, they should do that. She didn't say he couldn't go out...and she probably would not have cared, had he just gone home first to feed and take the dog out. To completely ignore it is neglect. If he didn't want to take care of the dog, he should have said so before she left & she could have made other arrangements for it.
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