ChefBeckyD
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This is totally off topic.....(I guess that's what the Lounge is for though)
I've posted before about my Mom having Alzheimer's....and right now my slacker brother and his equally slacker wife and her 2 little demons are living with her - in a house owned by my older brother.
Bro. & SIL have a dog - and now my mom wants one, and so they took her to the humane society and had her pick out a dog for herself....A PIT BULL! (Now - those of you who are Pit bull lovers - go start your own thread about how much you love them - because this ain't gonna be it...and I won't be changing my mind!)
Now, remember - my mom has an illness which makes her unpredictable, and volatile....and now they have her paired with a dog with the same traits. I cannot even believe that my half-brained brother would be stupid enough to do this. DH is just going to flip when he hears it...our son is not allowed around Pit Bulls (we are in total agreement on that!) and I know his reaction is going to be that DS can't go over there anymore.....and I have to agree with him. There was just a local news story a couple of weeks ago about a little boy who had to have his arm amputated because the family pet pit bull ("he was so gentle...such a good family dog....blah blah blah....") attacked without provocation and mauled him.
I am seething right now - and needed to vent. How is my mom, who can't even take care of herself - going to take care of a dog like this? She could forget and just let it out to roam...and who knows what could happen...or she could be mean to the dog when she isn't aware of what she is doing and the dog could turn on her....I am just sick.
Of course, she is all excited...she's like a little kid. She told me she's waited her whole life for a dog. (She's had several through the years) I am laying the blame on my idiotic brother - he should have know better.
Okay - I feel marginally better by typing this out....again - please don't make this thread a defense of pit bulls - I'm sure there are some that have them and love them - but this is my vent thread, and I don't need to hear how wonderful yours is!
I've posted before about my Mom having Alzheimer's....and right now my slacker brother and his equally slacker wife and her 2 little demons are living with her - in a house owned by my older brother.
Bro. & SIL have a dog - and now my mom wants one, and so they took her to the humane society and had her pick out a dog for herself....A PIT BULL! (Now - those of you who are Pit bull lovers - go start your own thread about how much you love them - because this ain't gonna be it...and I won't be changing my mind!)
Now, remember - my mom has an illness which makes her unpredictable, and volatile....and now they have her paired with a dog with the same traits. I cannot even believe that my half-brained brother would be stupid enough to do this. DH is just going to flip when he hears it...our son is not allowed around Pit Bulls (we are in total agreement on that!) and I know his reaction is going to be that DS can't go over there anymore.....and I have to agree with him. There was just a local news story a couple of weeks ago about a little boy who had to have his arm amputated because the family pet pit bull ("he was so gentle...such a good family dog....blah blah blah....") attacked without provocation and mauled him.
I am seething right now - and needed to vent. How is my mom, who can't even take care of herself - going to take care of a dog like this? She could forget and just let it out to roam...and who knows what could happen...or she could be mean to the dog when she isn't aware of what she is doing and the dog could turn on her....I am just sick.
Of course, she is all excited...she's like a little kid. She told me she's waited her whole life for a dog. (She's had several through the years) I am laying the blame on my idiotic brother - he should have know better.
Okay - I feel marginally better by typing this out....again - please don't make this thread a defense of pit bulls - I'm sure there are some that have them and love them - but this is my vent thread, and I don't need to hear how wonderful yours is!