How is the dog this morning, I hope OK???

 

Dog's fine this morning/afternoon. She's sitting beside me right now and seems like she couldn't be happier. It's a good thing I let her out so she could go chew some grass.

And Michelle - I can afford to take care of her properly, I just got both of my poms taken to the vet last tuesday for all their vaccinations and tick collars and all sorts of stuff. That ran me a couple hundred dollars. I am 18, just finished highschool and am about to go to college, I've had these dogs since I was 16, and this is the first time anything big has come up. I have to pay rent, pay for food, gas, insurance, and many other things. I work at Walgreens as a cashier and have been trying to get a second job. If I could've taken her to the animal hospital last night, trust me I would've, but it's only recently that I've had all these bills.

 

Maybe a moderator will drop by and split the thread and send the Tech talk into the right forum ?

 

I'm happy to hear shes ok. Good luck finding another job, I know how you feel. Im 16 paying for gas soon to be car payment and Im sure theyll dump insurance on me too and rent and college soon. Plus anything else I need. But it teaches you to be responsible so its not all that bad.

 

Fordbubba8206-----If you make in back in this thread, look up towards the top where the title of this thread is in bold black print....it says "help quick please". Just above that is a blue link that says "Ford Truck Enthusiast Forums". Click on that and it will take you to a part of the site where ALL of the forums in FTE are. There you will find one specific to your truck, your engine, and even a forum for what part of the country you live in. You'll get much better help in there. Good luck with the truck...there are a lot of brains in here.

 

I agree, they can be smater.Like they won't eat somthin again that made them sick.My old dog found out that hard way that cat fish bait wasn't dog food. After two days of laying by the pond, he never got into anything again.
Dogs will learn,and not do it again,most of them anyways.So that can be an up side to it.

 

Catfish bait? Gross.. that stuff turns my stomach just smelling it.

 

My daughter's dog got into some decon mouse bait yesterday and since we live 25 miles from the nearest town, we called a vet. He said to give him 2 teaspoons of hydrogen peroxide to induce vomitting, then a teaspoon of charcoal and 1 teaspoon of vitmin k. The charcoal to sooth the stomach and the vitamin k to counteract the warfarin, which causes rats and mice to bleed to death internally.

 

[QUOTE= I can't afford anything I'm 18 and bills have taken my life over. I'm just crossing my fingers.

I said what I said because you said what you said. I speak for the animals because they can't speak for themselves, even if I make people mad at me in the process. Dogs give us humans their all no matter what we do, or don't do, for them... and yours surely deserves more than just crossing your fingers after possibly eating poison. Bottom line.... if bills have taken over your life and you can't afford to take your dog to the Vet in an emergency, then it's probably time to give it to someone that can.

Michelle's Gottaford.

 

lcampbell - How's your dog now?

And if I did say, give them to someone who could.. at $300 for this, and let's just say the other one got into it as well - $600, you think they would shell out that kind of money?

Since my dogs are a part of my little family, why would I give them to someone with more money than me. Would you give away your son or daughter because you can't afford them? No, because you would make things work. This is the first time anything has ever came up and now, she is fine. I am in no way handing these dogs over to anybody. Period.

 

Fine Romer, the pup hasn't slowed down a bit. She's doing great. And I agree with you son. I would never give up my family just because I couldn't take them to a doctor. That's taking the easy way out. One of the purposes of life is to work out your problems without hurting other people. Michelle, if I recall, Romer came here asking for help from people he feels a connection with, not for criticisms about money management. Emergencies happen to everyone and no one knows how to handle them except through experience. And when you do criticize, make sure it's constructive and helpful, and not hurtful. JMHO

 

I was not criticizing.... I was pointing out facts. And yes... I would give up my child if I couldn't afford to take care of it. And by doing so would mean that I cared it, and not that I didn't care. To have, or keep, a child or pet when you can't afford to take care of it properly is selfish and stupid, and they are the ones that end up suffering because of it. And, yes, if you gave your dogs to someone one who cared they would surely have found a way to spend 300 or 600 bucks on them if they needed help. I spent 2000 on one of my dogs when I was pinching pennies. I worked out a payment plan with the vet, and put off spending it on things, like straight pipes ... if you know what I mean.

I mentioned earlier that I speak for the animals and I don't care if it makes everyone angry. I have been known to report cruelty in my area too if I can't convince the owners to do right by their animals. That's what I'm supposed to do. I'm just glad your dog didn't end up suffering for your decision, but remember.... without treatment some poisons will eat them up inside and you won't know that it's happening till it's too late. Everyone gave some good pointers to help you, and I think I did too. It's just that I was thinking about your dog instead of you when I said it.

Michelle's Gottaford

 

You gave me no pointers at all. You came in here, you basically said I was incompetent to own a dog because I don't have enough money, and then you go on about how you were thinking about the dog. You were thinking of me, and how I shouldn't have a dog, you gave no information on how to fix the problem. You were not thinking about the dog.

The selfish thing would be to give your child or dog away because all you care about is yourself. I did what I could, and no less.

BTW what facts did you give..

 

The facts are that you saw your dog chomping on poison and didn't take it to the vet, and if you were really a responsible owner then you would have found a way to pay the bill no matter what. And being selfish is when you keep something when you can't afford to take care of it in the proper way. There are mothers that have given up their children for adoption because they couldn't afford to take care of them. That's the hardest, most loving, thing that they can do. And if they kept their children and someone found out that they didn't take them to emergency after possibly ingesting poison just because they couldn't afford it... guess what would happen to them. The child would be taken away. And people can get in trouble for the same thing as far as pets are concerned too. It's called neglect/cruelty. Just like if they didn't feed them because they didn't have the money. And as far as my trying to help... your dog... I suggested that you find it someone that can afford to get it medical attention if you couldn't afford it. I regret having to get into all of that... but I can see that it was necessary under the circumstances. Someday... hopefully, what I have said will dawn on you and you'll understand where I'm coming from. As far as now, though, I'm not going to use this forum to fight. We've both given our opinions... and that should do it.

Michelle's Gottaford.

 

Good reply Michelle,

I am not bustin' your chops here Romer, you are just experiencing LIFE, and what it takes to learn about getting through it. You have just experienced a life lesson , and if you live long enough you will get many thousands more, with some being easy , and others being earth shattering.

My experience has been that vets and the people that work for them, love animals and will not let them suffer for the lack of immediate funds from the owner. ( I know, there are a few money grubber vets out here, but most will work with financially strapped pet owners) . For anyone else reading this thread, take your poisoned pet to the vet immediately, the medicine/treatment they will provide to curb its suffering, will not be THAT expensive. On the other hand, the follow up treatment to heal the damaged organs caused by the poison or injury, for NOT getting it treatment immediately , WILL be expensive. ...

Yes it is true, dogs will have their own way of dealing with their sickness, by eating certain types of grass or by not eating at all, then letting the sickness run its course. When they live as street or wild dogs, they will do whatever it takes to heal themselves, sometimes they just die from the illness or injury. But , when a pet is owned by a human, and is in that persons care, the sickness /injury of the pet then becomes the owners responsibilty to help to relieve the animals suffering . As a youth growing up in the rural part of Americana, I have witnessed some real atrocities committed to animals. So when I see it now as a adult, it just rubs me real bad I guess. jmo