A certain group of people is bashing me for putting a perfectly healthy dog to sleep. That I should have re-homed her instead. That I am absolutely irresponsible, not knowledgeable of dogs, completely anti-social because I killed her. That I don't love my dogs and hopefully wouldn't get another one so they don't have to suffer the same way Zenzy did.
One person even said that I am rotten and that she hopes they'll take all the dogs from me before I start breeding and send them into misery. Another one said that Zenzy had to suffer because of her completely incompetent owner.
These people have never in their life even met Zenzy personally. They don't know how she was when I got her, they don't know how she was once she went through the surgery, they have not been there when she bit Audie, they don't know what she was like in the last 48 hours of her life.
Back then, when we went through the aggression issues I was thinking about what kind of options I have. I talked about re-homing her, maybe giving her into a one-dog home. Oh my god were they bashing me for even thinking about that. Bashing, trashing, calling me names, harassing, you name it.
It doesn't matter what I would have done... if I had re-homed her, they would have trashed me for that.
I took responsibility for her. I stood up in a way nobody ever did. I put her troubled mind to peace. What kind of life would it have been to keep her locked up for the rest of her life. What kind of life would it be to keep her on a leash 24/7.
I thought long and hard about that. I didn't just jump at it and decided that I had to put her down. In the end, it was the right thing to do. I did not do it lightly. In fact, it was the hardest things I have ever done in my life but the day she turned on Yukon was the day where I had to do something and I couldn't just dump her on the next person. I've done everything possible to give her the life she deserves. She had a good life. I loved her. I loved her very much. She was a great dog but she was not mentally healthy.
And by the way, I don't know how people come to the conclusion that we live in a tiny trailer. It's small but it's not tiny. It's not as big as the apartment we had in Germany but that place was excessive. Don't jump to conclusions if you don't know what you are talking about. Seriously?
We don't have a bunch of animals either and I never bought dog after dog after dog after dog. In my entire life I bought two dogs myself.
B. do you think you have lived in a teeny tiny little trailer? I love that house and I love our landlady? The house works just fine. It's nothing fancy but I love the cottage feeling it gives you. There is enough space for the dogs and us and oh yeah, there is a 160 Acres of land attached to it. All I have to do is to open the door and walk out with the dogs down to the wood.
Back then they trashed me because we lived in an apartment without being able to let the dogs out whenever they want to. Now it's because we live in a tiny trailer, even though they've never seen the house personally, let alone have ever seen any pics or know how much square feet we actually have.
Yeah, we live so horrible. Such a horrible, horrible place to live in.
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Here's my thought - Who cares what a bunch of completely random people on the Internet think about you and your dogs?
Obviously, these are not people who have ever met you or your animals in person.
They do not know how much time and money you spend on your dogs' training - like the 2+ hour drives for Search & Rescue training or the 3+ hour drives for the Schutzhund seminars. These people probably don't even know how dogs are trained for Search and Rescue and they probably have no idea what Schutzhund even is - their idea of "training" is probably a class at Petsmart.
They also don't know what it is like to manage several dogs successfully and what it takes to deal with a dog that has dog-aggression issues or has never been socialized, or what it takes to rehabilitate a dog that has been neglected or abused. The closest they have come to any of these things has probably been watching the "Dog Whisperer" on TV.
Fact is, everyone is suddenly an expert on the Internet. Google a couple of things, form an opinion, and let other people have it.
Best thing is to delete their comments and ignore them. Those kinds of people will go away if you don't give them the satisfaction of seeing you upset.
Wish they'd have something better to do with their lives than sit on the Internet and talk trash about other people. You know, stuff like taking the dogs for a walk on 160 acres, training everyday, going to SAR practice, meeting up with friends to train. The kinds of things YOU put your time and energy into.
You're better than them. You don't have to justify the decision you made for your dog. If you feel you have to justify the decision, then you have to justify it to YOURSELF. To Zenzy. Not to a bunch of people who spend all day online trashing others.
Reg dich nicht auf, es wird immer welche geben, die alles besser wissen. Nur alleine du musst mit deiner Entscheidung leben und sonst niemand und ich bin mir sicher, du hast es dir nicht leicht gemacht, aber wie du schon gesagt hast, niemand kennt die Umstaende besser wie du. Ignorieren und loeschen :)
i didn't think it was small at all, and with a great dane and 3 small dogs, it was perfect for us. we don't need much anyways and the land....omg, looooooved being able to just let the dogs out whenever they needed to go outside. and i really love Linda, she's such a sweet lady. don't listen to the haters, they have NO CLUE what they are talking about.
Thank you Ladies.
I know I shouldn't listen to them, especially since I know which side it's coming from and I have met some of these women personally.
Meanwhile, I pity them. I don't know why they are so hung up on me but I know that I am better than that and I will not let myself down to the same level. I am not walking around spilling hatred all over the place.
Thank you all for your support. It would have been much harder without it.
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