I love my dog. I've had her since she was four months old. She will be eight this year... November 26th
She is from what I know a mid size rotti/chow mix. I think she has a lot more chow than anything. She looks like a short haired, yellow chow. Right down to the curly tail and completely black tongue. Her coat is thick like a chow but short like a rotti... she's beautiful
And she's my baby. We've been through a lot together. She saved my butt one night... my ex and his brother busted into my house with baseball bats. The two guys who were rooming with me ran out in the woods but Cloey fought beside me. We went to New York and broke down in CT on the way back...lol Even with all those people she didn't know and an officer in uniform she was sooo good. This is a really hard decision for me.
The last couple months she's been snappy with my cats. It's like they jump her. Although we've had several cats over the years, we've never not been without a cat. So she's always been around them. I actually have a picture I'll have to upload here... one where she is trying to nurse a kitten and another where she is curled up in a ball with one of our current cats, Bailey. Also one of the ones she snapped at (we have two). She wasn't eating or anything. Then the other day, my boyfriend threw some scraps into her bowl and called her to it. She came over and just looked at it and walked off. When he picked the bowl up close to her nose she realized there was something in and ate it. She's also been barking at everything... including my car that I've had for almost 5 years and she never used to before. I think her hearing and her eyes are going. She's hated to go outside all summer. We have to drag her out alot... that's how bad she does not want to go out. When she does go out, she just sits on the step and barks to come in. She's started urinating in the house on a daily basis. I have actually recently taken all of my rugs out of the house because of it and thrown them out. She's gotten impossible to bathe. She hates the water... I tried taking her into a lake because I didn't want to hurt her getting into the tub but spent the entire time trying to keep her in the lake. I haven't taken her to the vet yet for her hips, but I think they are starting to bother her too. She just looks lame when she walks. I never thought unless something drastic happened, I would financially be able to take care of her health. I have very recently finished treatment for breast cancer and straight up, I'm broke... I don't know what to do. I know I can't afford to take this on right now, but she means alot to me and I want to do right by her. I have a handicap son. I don't know that I'm going to be able to trust Cloey much longer not to bite because she has started to snap at the cats. I'm afraid as her hearing and eyes get worse, she's going to be that much more of a risk. She isn't ugly (mean) and I don't believe she would ever bite someone in an act of pure violence. I am afraid one of us are going to come through the door and she's not going to recognize us. Or one us of are going to walk up to her and jump her... Something like that. She is the first dog I've faced this with. Or it might someone she knows but doesn't see often. I wouldn't want to see anyone get bit and I wouldn't her to bite anyone... I don't want to have that memory of her. I am very responsible with her. She NEVER gets loose. Even when she did like to go outside. I lived in the country for the first 3 years and she was allowed to roam the yard leash free... I've been in town for five and in that time she has gotten loose on me twice. Both times I was on her butt trying to catch her. I didn't just let her go thinking she'll be back when she's ready... So I don't really worry about strangers getting bit. They would have to be doing something they shouldn't have been doing and I would probably not sympathize with them as much because of it.
So I'm sorry I rambled on so much. I just really want to make the point that she isn't violent. I know different people have different opinions on certain breeds. Up until now I have never entertained the thought of her biting someone although I was always afraid this day would come and this would be what it came down to with her. She is no more than an over grown lap dog and always has been. Now with her hearing and eyes going it might change things, it might not... I'd like real life opinions on the subject... having a handicap child on top of this is definately a large part of my concern. Tyler is ADHD, OCD, Mentally Delayed... Verbally delayed... Behaviorally Challenged. So I guess he's pretty much on a questionaire all of the above...
Thanks in advance,
Krissy
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