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connie8890

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:sad: My dog went crazy and attacked my husband and he had to shoot him Thursday night. We buried him Friday at a friends house next to his dogs that died when they got sick. My husband is torn up about killing my dog but when they turn there is nothing that can be done. It was my 20 year sons fault because he started a fight with my husband which got the dog riled up and he didn't feel bad enough about it to even help bury the dog. He just got on the computer chatting with friends and then went to watch movies at a friends house. Everyone was trying to make him feel better at first because he said "it's my fault" but when he got on the computer and starting talking to people with the dog lying dead in the next room, that's when I just gave up on him.

Pretty Unique was only 3 years old. He had started getting mean towards everyone but me and I kept him away for people. I should have tried to give him away but with him being a pit someone would have just tried to make him into a fighting dog.

I am beginning to think my son is a sociopath because it doesn't matter to him how upset he gets us as long as he gets his way.

I'm trying to stay busy to keep from letting my husband know how sad I am because he feels so terribly bad.

Sorry to ramble like this but I just had to say how I feel without saying it to my family.
 
Thanks so much. I tell everyone it's just a dog. It's not like I had to bury my husband or my kids. My husband is on blood thinners. If the dog hit an artery, he wouldn't make it to the hospital.
 
Get yourself a good family dog, one that you do not have to worry about attacking anyone and then you will feel alot better.
 
We already have one. My husbands dog, Rufus, is a great dog. He's 10 years old and I think he's glad my dog is gone because he was always jumping around and trying to get him to play and fight.
I'm not going to get another one. I have a cat that we took in when you first moved here and we have a rooster.
I just want my son to take some responsibility for his actions. He will be 21 in Nov. and is still in high school. We are sending him to job corp because it's the only way he will have any kind of a career.
 
So sorry to hear of your problems but I'm happy you can at least share them and not have to keep them "inside". As such, thank you for sharing.
 
:yikes: Very sad and scary!
 
Thanks for the support everyone. This is the second dog I've lost in my lifetime that was totally mine. We had to give one to some friends in the country when we moved into an apartment complex because he was too wild to be cramped up like that. They shot the dog later on because they said he went wild, but they didn't even have the decency to bury him, they threw his body in the woods.
I have a good friend that keeps calling me to be sure I"m OK. Her husband thinks I'm going to kill my husband in his sleep for shooting Pretty. What kind of world does he live in?!?!
 
i'm so sorry for your loss, hopefully your son will see how much pain your in and come to turns as to what has happened.
 
My son has until 10AM Monday to change and start acting like a grown up or I will be signing him up for job corps and they can deal with him. They will even come and pick him up.
I miss my dog but for me the worst part is that I had to watch him die. Thanks for all the support. I'm fine except for crying spells I have when I am not busy. I just try to keep busy on the computer or cleaning the house.
 
Sorry about you "baby"... I am an animal lover nad my dogs are like my children. I'm also sorry about the situation with your son. I have a 23 year old.... and I also wonder if he has a heart.
 
connie8890 said:
My son has until 10AM Monday to change and start acting like a grown up or I will be signing him up for job corps and they can deal with him. They will even come and pick him up.
I miss my dog but for me the worst part is that I had to watch him die. Thanks for all the support. I'm fine except for crying spells I have when I am not busy. I just try to keep busy on the computer or cleaning the house.
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Sorry if I butt in but I feel compelled to offer a little story of my own.
I as a real dick when I was a kid. My parents were wonderful people who did not deserve anything I "gave" them. My father attempted "tough love" which I certainly would have resented but it would have been best for me. The problem was just that he was too sweet a man and couldn't do it.
Instead I enacted my own tough love on myself and ran away from home (like a fool). My parents did raise me smart enough that after a couple years (time is relative to smartness) of debauchery I saw that I was on the road to killing myself and decided I needed to change. It was a hard road emotionally and I'm sure contributed to my creating a lot of pain. I did eventually return to my loving family because of an "unconditional love" that we always practice.
I now subscribe to "tough love" because by whatever cliche you fancy (you can lead a horse to water, etc..) it comes down to the individual and their love and respect for themselves and their relation to others.
As a parent, as much as I have wanted to protect my children (we WON'T mention my son's first marriage) I found that until the kids burned their fingers with the matches they did not really understand fire. All I ever wished for was that they learned faster than I did and caused no permanent damage to themselves or others. Beyond setting a good example I had to realize and get comfortable with the idea for myself that there was little more I could do if they weren't prepared to "get it" on their own. I think tough love is always toughest on the one who has to deliver it, in which case the one receiving it has the "easy" part.
 
I am very sorry for the loss of your pet, and I hope your son pulls his head out and starts to act like an adult. My nephew is in sort of the same boat,a good kid (18 YRS old) but addicted to World of Warcraft. Job Corps. is in his near future also. GOOD LUCK with everything and TAKE CARE
 
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