dd - bad day at work

[teachermom]

She got to work expecting that the 'hard' dogs would be gone - they opened their new shelter for the rescue dogs. Nope - they filled all the spaces at the boarding kennel. Sometimes the rescue seems a bit like an animal hoarder to me.......

The boarding dogs are easier to take care of; they mostly have some manners, know not to potty inside and how to walk on a leash. The rescue dogs - do NOT know these things.

Then she finds out that a girl that WAS her friend, but was texting her bf (suggestive texts) WHILE commiserating with her about another girl who was doing the same..... is working with her on Saturdays now.

OY!

[Cindy]

Praying she has a better day.

Some rescue dogs are great, and I understand the need. I also agree that sometimes they seem to save dogs that really shouldn't be.

We got a rescued dog, they thought he was about 6 months. He had food aggression issues, and as time went on he started getting mad if we wanted him to do something he did not want to do. Christmas eve he bit dh, so we had him put down. I talked to the shelter where the kids got him and they said, "that the time we got him was when the moved into their new building, they were not doing the aggressive dog tests. He probably would have not been considered adoptable, then and we would have saved ourselves a lot of emotions, and money.

We also have a friend who has a rescue dog, she had had him for about 9 years, He bits her at least 3 or more times/year, because he does not want a bath, or to have his leash off, or another dog barks at him. She has had to go into ER many times for the bites. She will not put him down, "He is a good dog, he bites because he was abused before I got him." She would be a hoarder. Every dog to her thinking can be rescued.

[teachermom]

It got better, thanks! She didn't have to actually WORK with the girl like she thought, and the cleaning went quicker than usual, though she did get scratched and clawed (as usual).

[workn mom]

It stinks to have friends like that!!! Did her boyfriend respond to the suggestive texts? Maybe her friend and boyfriend deserve each other?!?! So sorry she had a rough day, and I'll be praying the days ahead will be better.

[teachermom]

He did and he didn't.... if that makes sense. He never started anything, but never put a stop to it either. He never told Tori what was going on, and it was several girls over a long period of time. T found out about the other girls and S let T vent about it to her, though she was also texting him. This was all last spring, and I have a problem with T forgiving him but not the girls....... The girls were like that too. "maybe you should look at your relationship with him instead of blaming us for everything." Okay, but YOU started it. Yes, G was wrong to let it go on, wrong to hide things, but it's the backstabbing of S letting T talk to her about the other girls that gets her. T has seen the other girls around (they were at the local cc, too) and they say hi. But she never wants to see S again, who pretended to be a friend, while going behind her back.

He and T are not together anymore, though they have remained friends and she will go to his house to swim, and he comes over to walk Archie with her. (He may be at the local community college next year, and if so, I'm hoping he will continue to come over and exercise the dog! )

She said that S never looked at her at all when their paths crossed today ... maybe she's realized WHY T is angrier with her than anyone else.....