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mizzwanned · 08-30-2007, 09:24 PM

Yes! I'm so sorry you feel this way but I know how you feel. I have had my mom tell me that she is depressed cause I don't do anything cause of the dogs, like go out or work cause i don't want to leave them alone. This was during the summer, well now i am back at school and she ALWAYS likes me doing something! I'm srry but i was like Oh well they are my babies, and although i do leave them alone sometimes im not always going to just abandon them! That's insane, they're my responsibility and i do go out, when i want to, i just did not feel like working at that time.

Anyway she loves my dogs and doesn't say anything like that anymore. On the other hand my older brother he thinks im crazy for dressing up my dogs, going to yorkie meetups, etc. but he just kinda ignores it. But when he says little comments it makes me mad and believe me i let him know! lol I also have some friends that think it's stupid for me to have more than 1 dog, i have 3 and they think it's dumb that i dress them up, etc. They say they are not human. These ppl were raised differently or are just not dog people so i don't care what the hell they say. They are my dogs and i take care of them how i want to.

MommaLovesBette · 08-30-2007, 09:29 PM

I don't think you should sweat it! Everyone has their own pergogative and you have yours! and yours is to be a great mommy a good dog owner. It is abuse, and not only that but extremely selfish to leave your dogs home along. they are like children, and need attention. Whether or not you are obsessed with them, you took them in a made a commitment and she needs to understand that.

krobichau · 08-30-2007, 09:33 PM

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Originally Posted by ilovelouie

This past week I just had sort of a conflict with my 25 yr old neice.......She told me that she thinks that it is stupid that I dont want to leave my dogs alone at home in their cages for more than 3 hrs at a time....and that she thinks that I have NO LIFE because of the way I care for my dogs. We are very close and I previously had NO idea that she had felt this way, and I was just so so hurt that she had said that. Like she thinks I am really weird because of it..... I dont know...............does anyone elses family members or friends give them a hard time about how they treat their babies......

I take my yorkie everywhere I go and she has never been in a crate. Your neice needs to get a grip.

chestermama · 08-30-2007, 10:34 PM

Chester is like my child and some of my friends think Im crazy, but they are out babies, people are just jealous that no one loves them that much sometimes.

mizzwanned · 08-30-2007, 10:49 PM

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Originally Posted by chestermama

Chester is like my child and some of my friends think Im crazy, but they are out babies, people are just jealous that no one loves them that much sometimes.

I agree. And/or they are also jealous that they don't have something to love so much themselves, they don't know what they are missing out on.

lara2913 · 08-30-2007, 11:58 PM

I totally understand what you mean, I won't leave my babies alone for more than an hour, and even that I hate. My family do not understand this and they are always going on about how I run my life around my dogs. My mum and my older sister are especially bad. I daren't tell them that I love the dogs more than them.

Janie616 · 08-31-2007, 02:55 AM

no Yorkie deserves to go nekkid....

Yorkiekids · 08-31-2007, 03:28 AM

My kids think I'm nuts for dressing them up, and taking them all over the place, but I don't really care. All my kids are grown up, and now my furbabies need me. They'll get over it as she will too.

ladyj · 08-31-2007, 05:14 AM

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Originally Posted by LoveMyJake

Most of my family understands and they don't say anything, at least not to me. But, I do sometimes get a comment about how I'm such a homebody and that Jake would be just fine alone. Well, I PREFER to stay home most of the time, and I don't like to leave Jake alone for more than a couple hours. If that's what I prefer to do, then no one else should be bothered by it, that's my spin on it.

Ditto here! I don't care what anyone thinks about how I live or how I treat my dogs. I don't leave them alone for very long, but that's what I prefer and it's my business. I worked up until a year and a half ago and they had to stay alone all day, so I don't leave them alone for more than an hour or two now. My family knows how I feel and they are all OK with it. That's a good thing, because I wouldn't do any different even if they weren't OK with it. Hey, I pay the bills and I'll live my own life. I get a lot more from my dogs than I could ever give to them. My sister says in her next life she wants to be one of my dogs.

SevenGirl · 08-31-2007, 06:01 AM

The great thing is there are so many people on this site that can relate to how we feel about our babies. I think that is so cool!

I know lots of people think I am strange for taking Bella places and dressing her up (I had a lady tell me that just the other day in the carpool line at my daughters' school). I figure that if it works for me--nobody else should be bothered by it! Too bad they can't keep their hurtful words to themselves!

omichka · 08-31-2007, 06:01 AM

I don't leave my dog alone home for a long ESPECIALLY in crate....

I even have just bought a stroller

for a very long day trip when she can get tired.

My parents think that I raise a child, not a dog

, but.... they never told me that I don't have a life because of her...Plus, I wouldn't let to anybody tell something like that to me...So they can tell something like that about others

However, from my experience, MOST of the people think same way as your niece.

If any person with dog all the time, including travel, or - no vacation because she cannot find a responsible sitter or just afraid to leave dog (that's me

) she is called bad words like crazy lady, stupid, she doesn't have a life, she probably doens't have anything to do, doesn't have children/husband. WHATEVER. It IS stupid to think that way. IMXO.

RMKC · 08-31-2007, 06:47 AM

Some of my Fam. members think i am crazy too, i just dont pay any attention to them. I never leave mine alone either !

JCarlson2004 · 08-31-2007, 06:53 AM

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Originally Posted by stedmansmommy

Some people just DO NOT understand that. And that is ok. I actually feel sorry for THEM because they will not ever know how WONDERFUL it is to truly love an animal SO MUCH.

What an awesome statement!! I couldn't agree more.!

omichka · 08-31-2007, 06:55 AM

Some people just DO NOT understand that. And that is ok. I actually feel sorry for THEM because they will not ever know how WONDERFUL it is to truly love an animal SO MUCH

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Originally Posted by JCarlson2004

What an awesome statement!! I couldn't agree more.!

Sookie · 08-31-2007, 06:58 AM

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Originally Posted by ilovelouie

...............does anyone elses family members or friends give them a hard time about how they treat their babies......

Yes, but it goes in one ear and right out the other!! Really though, I don't know why it even MATTERS to anyone. I bought my dog, I take great care of my dog and I enjoy doing things with and for my dog. It's no ones business. Don't be hurt by those kind of comments - enjoy your life and your pup.

08-30-2007, 09:24 PM	#16
mizzwanned Donating YT 11K Club Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: new york Posts: 14,007 Blog Entries: 2	Yes! I'm so sorry you feel this way but I know how you feel. I have had my mom tell me that she is depressed cause I don't do anything cause of the dogs, like go out or work cause i don't want to leave them alone. This was during the summer, well now i am back at school and she ALWAYS likes me doing something! I'm srry but i was like Oh well they are my babies, and although i do leave them alone sometimes im not always going to just abandon them! That's insane, they're my responsibility and i do go out, when i want to, i just did not feel like working at that time. Anyway she loves my dogs and doesn't say anything like that anymore. On the other hand my older brother he thinks im crazy for dressing up my dogs, going to yorkie meetups, etc. but he just kinda ignores it. But when he says little comments it makes me mad and believe me i let him know! lol I also have some friends that think it's stupid for me to have more than 1 dog, i have 3 and they think it's dumb that i dress them up, etc. They say they are not human. These ppl were raised differently or are just not dog people so i don't care what the hell they say. They are my dogs and i take care of them how i want to. __________________ Primrose, Teddy..RIP, Livie..RIP, And can never forget my duo Sophie and London, Run in Peace <3

08-30-2007, 11:58 PM	#21
lara2913 Donating YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: UK Posts: 1,920	I totally understand what you mean, I won't leave my babies alone for more than an hour, and even that I hate. My family do not understand this and they are always going on about how I run my life around my dogs. My mum and my older sister are especially bad. I daren't tell them that I love the dogs more than them. __________________ Indy, Benjamin and Malachi There is no psychiatrist in the world like a puppy licking your face- Ben Williams

08-31-2007, 02:55 AM	#22
Janie616 Donating YT 500 Club Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: USA Posts: 1,093	no Yorkie deserves to go nekkid.... __________________ Don't say you don't have enough time. You have exactly the same number of hours per day that were given to Helen Keller, Louis Pasteur, Michaelangelo, Mother Teresa, Leonardo da Vinci, Thomas Jefferson, and Albert Einstein." -- H. Jackson Brown

08-31-2007, 03:28 AM	#23
Yorkiekids Piper & Sebastian Donating Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: florida Posts: 14,495	My kids think I'm nuts for dressing them up, and taking them all over the place, but I don't really care. All my kids are grown up, and now my furbabies need me. They'll get over it as she will too. __________________ Susan, Piper ,Harley & Suiki

08-31-2007, 06:01 AM	#25
SevenGirl Bella-My Georgia Girl Donating Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Duluth, Georgia Posts: 2,419	The great thing is there are so many people on this site that can relate to how we feel about our babies. I think that is so cool! I know lots of people think I am strange for taking Bella places and dressing her up (I had a lady tell me that just the other day in the carpool line at my daughters' school). I figure that if it works for me--nobody else should be bothered by it! Too bad they can't keep their hurtful words to themselves! __________________ Elizabeth and Bella Official Members of the CRAZY Club and the PINK Club! Bella 's dressing up!

08-30-2007, 09:29 PM	#17
MommaLovesBette Yorkie Yakker Join Date: May 2007 Location: Brooklyn Posts: 40	I don't think you should sweat it! Everyone has their own pergogative and you have yours! and yours is to be a great mommy a good dog owner. It is abuse, and not only that but extremely selfish to leave your dogs home along. they are like children, and need attention. Whether or not you are obsessed with them, you took them in a made a commitment and she needs to understand that.

08-30-2007, 10:34 PM	#19
chestermama YT 3000 Club Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: washington Posts: 3,383 Blog Entries: 1	Chester is like my child and some of my friends think Im crazy, but they are out babies, people are just jealous that no one loves them that much sometimes.

08-31-2007, 06:01 AM	#26
omichka YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: *** Posts: 647	I don't leave my dog alone home for a long ESPECIALLY in crate.... I even have just bought a stroller for a very long day trip when she can get tired. My parents think that I raise a child, not a dog , but.... they never told me that I don't have a life because of her...Plus, I wouldn't let to anybody tell something like that to me...So they can tell something like that about others However, from my experience, MOST of the people think same way as your niece. If any person with dog all the time, including travel, or - no vacation because she cannot find a responsible sitter or just afraid to leave dog (that's me ) she is called bad words like crazy lady, stupid, she doesn't have a life, she probably doens't have anything to do, doesn't have children/husband. WHATEVER. It IS stupid to think that way. IMXO.

08-31-2007, 06:47 AM	#27
RMKC Rosi & Poli's Mom Donating Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Washington State Posts: 5,428	Some of my Fam. members think i am crazy too, i just dont pay any attention to them. I never leave mine alone either ! __________________ ROSI & POLI Love my Babies