Well, today Lucky ran and jumped at our old fence while some people were walking by on the sidewalk and he broke "another" picket and thank GOD DH was going out the back door just in time to catch Jax trying to squeeze through with no problem....got his back end from going out the fence completely right next to the busy road where people drive crazy and fast all day =0000. He is a wonderful sweet gentle playful beautiful precious spirited dog, but he is strong and our fence pickets are ancient...need to be replaced...the whole fence really but we can't afford it right now.

The problem isn't him breaking the pickets...those can be fixed!...it's that if he does that again and we aren't out there in time for one of our small ones to jump through it, we cannot replace THEM =((((. We love our babies too much to risk this again.

SO, my DH said...I have to find him a foster or rescue that can take him this weekend. If I don't, I will not be able to stop him from taking him to a shelter. =(((((.

We work so much that we just cannot monitor this anymore, especially during the week.

Also, I rescued him from the pound and he was to be euthanized the following morning, so we have prolonged his life by four months in the hope of finding him a loving home. I love him very much and am very attached but I made a promise of only a month here to my DH and it's been over four.

Does anyone have any idea of someone that can take him this weekend?...either adopt, foster or if nothing else, a loving rescue group that might take him? I can't handle this emotionally at all...it's ripping me up but I could not handle even worse if something happened to my two babies either!....and DH is done....he said no more. He thinks he's a great dog but we cannot have a large or even medium sized dog here as a foster....our place just isn't set up for it.

I am just at a loss for what to do. I know I will NOT lose my husband over Lucky....not about to happen and he already feels I have betrayed him by breaking my firm PROMISE to him that I would not keep him more than a month! I promised him that if it took more than a month I would release him to a shelter (figuring it wouldn't take this long and there would be no way he would go back to one).

Any of my fellow dog people out there have any suggestions that might help me right now? Phone numbers of rescues that may know of a foster he could go to?...anyone?....I am distraught. =(((( 

. It's a simple fix. Put him on a temporary tie out when he has to go out to do his business. No big deal and it will give you time to find him a good home. 

our fence pickets are ancient...need to be replaced...the whole fence really but we can't afford it right now.

Maybe you'll get lucky and sell those purses so you have some money to fix the fence. 

I don't understand why people are so snarky. Hope you find someone soon :( poor pup 

Why not teach him to not jump at the fence? A couple hours of working with him and the tie out works too until you get him trained 

The temp tie out is the answer 

Either way her husband doesn't want him there. 

It cost us $500 to replace our back fence...surely if you can splurge on guns and purses, you can replace a fence?

And there's nothing snarky about my post. The OP is constantly starting threads about her high dollar purchases, giving exact amounts and whatnot, but cries poor when a real need occurs like mending a fence for her pets' safety?

Then on top of that nonsense, tries to guilt people into taking this dog or her husband will take it to a shelter...

You've had the dog for months, on your own, not working with a rescue group and expect someone to take the dog or he'll be euthanized?

Wth is wrong with you? 

Here is a list of rescues that you can contact:

http://www.hadr-tx.org/ 

I think she has her hands full right now and she just doesn't have the time to teach him to not jump at the fence 

Either way her husband doesn't want him there. 



Yep....that's the issue at hand. We need to put up a whole new fence, so the cost is much more than what my purses are worth...LOL...geeesh. Actually we didn't have NEED to replace our fence right now without Lucky here. Our dogs are fine in our backyard and the fence is fine for them....but with this foster, he is strong and can break the pickets causing a hole for them to get out of. For anyone thinking that I should have rebuilt a new fence vs buying a purse or two....really?....seriously?...lol...okie doke. For one, no one has a clue what our fence would cost and for another, we have no need to replace it for OUR OWN dogs and I bought my bags BEFORE we had this issue 'with' the foster breaking pickets. I can't believe that comment...hilarious. We have put over $900 into Lucky to have him fully vetted, neutered, not to mention food and other items we have purchased for him that will go with the adopter for nothing! Now we should not purchase our other needs and wants to also invest instead into a new fence for a FOSTER dog that won't be with us permanently when it's not necessary?!....wow.

I will continue to fight for Lucky...I love him....but my husband is done with this whole foster situation. It was never something he wanted to do...and even argued with me to not do it, but Lucky would have been dead the next morning and I figured we could foster for a couple of weeks, no more than a month and I could find him a home. I haven't had time to take him to adoptions, although I plan to take him to one tomorrow. I hope we can adopt him out...I have high hopes.

DP:

I normally hide your comments, but this one time I thought just by an OFF chance, maybe you were offering some sort of polite advice so I "unhid" the one on this thread.....what on earth was I thinking?.... 

Ugh... 

Wth is wrong with you?

She has had a lot of problems. For years now. Poor Lucky. He must not be lavander scented enough for them, so guess his time is up. 

A temporary tie out will at least prolong it so you don't have to dump him off at the pound. It could buy you one more day at least 

A temporary tie out will at least prolong it so you don't have to dump him off at the pound. It could buy you one more day at least 

I wouldn't dump him off at a pound...it would be more like a rescue shelter....I am not going to take him to a 'kill' shelter of course...ever. The only place he will go is somewhere I know they will try to home him with no chance of being put to death. Where I am hurting over this is that he is spoiled with us, and he gets to roam free in our house all the time and at night with us, and he is loved on and fed good and happy here. I hurt at the thought of him going somewhere they will keep him constantly in a kennel...I think that would drive him nuts honestly. He sleeps fine in his kennel at night just like our other two do, but during the day and during the evenings, he is free to roam with them and he is fine. We have no real problems with Lucky...the only thing he's ever ever destroyed in the house is paper towels or receipts....paper stuff. He is a great dog and deserves a great family.

NewNanna...are you a very young person or teenager?...lol...you talk like one...just wondering. 

If he's so wonderful at your home, why are you trying to get rid of him, Setta?

It makes no sense whatsoever. If you had truly meant to foster him, you would have made time to make sure he was adopted...not just make hemming and hawing posts on KU then saying your "dh" was taking him to a shelter TOMORROW if someone doesn't immediately take him. You had plenty of time to go gun shopping and to the shooting range, but no time to find a good home for Lucky?

Poor dog. :( 

You want him Mo5? If you did I wouldn't let you have him....I wouldn't let you babysit a child even...you are SO absorbed in this chat room that you don't have time for anything or anyone else. You really think you can justifiably make a comment like that?....HA.

Just because he is allowed to roam here and enjoy life here doesn't mean it's a good situation. I have said all along, our house is too small for a large dog and two smaller dogs here.

I am betting that you think it would have been better not to have saved him in the first place and allowed him to be put to death without a chance. And how in the H3LL do you know how much time I have put into trying to home him? You have no clue. I have put MORE time into trying to find him a home than I have in going to the range or shopping. You know...life doesn't stop because you are fostering a dog...but then you probably wouldn't know anything about fostering would you?...I doubt you would share your KU time with fostering an animal. 

SO, my DH said...I have to find him a foster or rescue that can take him this weekend. If I don't, I will not be able to stop him from taking him to a shelter. =(((((.


It is Saturday night. I would guess many shelters that might possibly have an opening will be closed tomorrow. I feel very bad for Lucky.

As much as I hate to say it, sometimes I think it might be kinder to let animals be humanely euthanized than be bounced from home to home and pine away for the family that no longer wants them. 

Insulting me doesn't change your reality or the fact that you put all of your business on KU. I am not the only person thinking this stuff, Setta.

I hope a rescue can step in and do what should have been done in the first place. Selfish, self-absorbed people who are too "busy," have no business fostering animals. 

You are a real piece of work, scipse. You are posting on here nonstop, every week, about all the expensive purchases you have made. On the other hand, You now don't have the money to fix your fence? Hello?????
As someone else said, maybe you ought to stop buying expensive purses, Guns and new cars for your son. How about your husband and your son need to get off their rear ends and fixing the fence. And how about you starting to get your excesses and overspending under control so innocent animals don't have to pay the ultimate price. 

Insulting me doesn't change your reality or the fact that you put all of your business on KU. I am not the only person thinking this stuff, Setta.

I hope a rescue can step in and do what should have been done in the first place. Selfish, self-absorbed people who are too "busy," have no business fostering animals. 

I know you bring out all your back up identities when the going gets rough. One can always tell when you sign them on when you say "I am not the only one thinking this stuff"....>ROFL...everyone knows you have an artillery of ID's to 'Prove your point" DP.

I have been everything BUT selfish in fostering Lucky. He has been treated like a King at our house and he still is being treated this way and very loved. Some people have NO BUSINESS HAVING CHILDREN either...but they still spit them out in spite of not being a good parent...one, two three, four or heck, yeah..some people even have five or more kids that shouldn't be parenting!!!!!...speaking in general of course here. 

OK...say what you are going to say...I am locking this thread.

Add....you know....Georgia...pfft...you are one that would leave a dog to be PTS without regard for giving it a chance to live obviously. We have given a dog a chance at life...and he has been very happy and treated very well and he will not be given to anyone that will harm him or to a kill shelter, so your redundant rhetoric is nonsense.

Two more minutes and I am locking the thread....it's going nowhere and Lucky will be fine....he is loved, fed and cared for.