Posted by verne on May 7, 2007, at 10:15:55
In reply to Re: Zizyphus Spinosa, posted by teejay on May 7, 2007, at 9:12:05
Thanks for the encouragement, Teejay.
The situation for the dog will improve eventually when they finish an outside kennel with a door to the garage. But at night it will still be confined to the cage in the basement until it's housebroken and then a small room in the basement after that. It won't be allowed in the rest of the house at all.
It's a four month old Saint Bernard and can't even turn around in the cage. It really traumatized me when I saw it in what amounts to a carrying cage. I had to say something - I mean, I couldn't even sleep at night. Anyway, once it has the garage and outside kennel, I'll feel better.
But the damage to my relationship with my daughter and son-in-law seems irreparable. After years of casting me in a negative light, he has already alienated my daughter from me and I half expect her to suddenly have "recovered memories" of abuse. After my dog comments, my son-in-law said I was the most "abusive" person on earth and turned the truth upside down. I haven't done anything right *ever*. I've only seen them about a dozen times in 4 years - I guess those Christmases, where the presents I gave them buried the tree, were abusive.
My whole life was my daughter. I did everything I could to help her (and my son-in-law) and now I'm the villian who wants to "ruin" their life.
This will either make me or break me.
Verne
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