DeeDee
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- Feb 19, 2011
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- Busters
I have not been on here for a long time, but I have a big problem and don't know what to do. Busters is my 3.5 year old English Bulldog. He was born with a cleft palate, and therefore, has a lot of health problems.....he can only eat ice cubes (water comes out his nose) --- his drool is especially bad because brown stuff comes out his palate, and he chews, chews, chews! I have tried to get him trained but both trainers have said that they think he chews because as a pup he couldn't suck and he even chews his blanket in his sleep. ANYWAY, to say the least, he is a lot of work and a handful. When we got him we were told that we couldn't have kids. Then we surprisingly ended up having a baby! Now, fast forward two years, and I am about to have TWINS! Due to complications with my first, I will be getting a C-section.
Busters requires constant supervision because of his chewing (already has had surgery to remove a kong from his intestines, and we were told that he cannot chew anything non-food again!). SO -- with the c-section recovery; the two year old; the twin newborns who are due December; and the constant supervision needed, what do I do??? I would never drop him off at a shelter or give him to someone I didn't trust, but I am worried that his life is going to suck so much. He can't just be in the house without supervision....which means a cage or a dog run a lot of the time come December?! I want him to be happy and have a good life, but I am so overwhelmed by everything and I don't know what to do. His trainer has a huge acreage and she has a pack of dogs....he goes there for boarding if we go out of town for a weekend or whatever, and she said she would take him -- either for a few months or forever. I am wracked with guilt. He is part of our family, but I don't know if I can keep up and give him a good life at the same time. He will always have food, shelter, and his basic needs met, but I know that I cannot walk him after my section for at least 6 weeks, and at this point, when I try to walk him I start to have braxton hicks contractions, which isn't ok with twins. I am worried that he is going to have a sad lonely life and not enough exercise! The trainer says that if he goes to her place for a few months until I am healed and the in a good routine with the twins, then I can decide if I can manage him and the babies, etc. If yes, then take him back, and if not, then she would keep him. I just don't know if that is cruel or if it is cruel to send him to her for a couple of months and then take him back? Will he adjust to all those changes...not to mention that in less than a month we are moving to a new house. So do I put him through the adjustment of a new house; then send him to the boarder when I can't move or the twins are born; and then bring him back when I'm capable? Is that too much change? I don't know what to do, but I do love him and want him to be happy! Also, any advice on how to keep the dog hair in check...with twin newborns I need to do something --- at this point I could vacuum 3 or 4 times a day to keep it in control!
Ok sorry so long...I am just very very stressed and have been crying for days and weeks about this and don't know what to do!
Busters requires constant supervision because of his chewing (already has had surgery to remove a kong from his intestines, and we were told that he cannot chew anything non-food again!). SO -- with the c-section recovery; the two year old; the twin newborns who are due December; and the constant supervision needed, what do I do??? I would never drop him off at a shelter or give him to someone I didn't trust, but I am worried that his life is going to suck so much. He can't just be in the house without supervision....which means a cage or a dog run a lot of the time come December?! I want him to be happy and have a good life, but I am so overwhelmed by everything and I don't know what to do. His trainer has a huge acreage and she has a pack of dogs....he goes there for boarding if we go out of town for a weekend or whatever, and she said she would take him -- either for a few months or forever. I am wracked with guilt. He is part of our family, but I don't know if I can keep up and give him a good life at the same time. He will always have food, shelter, and his basic needs met, but I know that I cannot walk him after my section for at least 6 weeks, and at this point, when I try to walk him I start to have braxton hicks contractions, which isn't ok with twins. I am worried that he is going to have a sad lonely life and not enough exercise! The trainer says that if he goes to her place for a few months until I am healed and the in a good routine with the twins, then I can decide if I can manage him and the babies, etc. If yes, then take him back, and if not, then she would keep him. I just don't know if that is cruel or if it is cruel to send him to her for a couple of months and then take him back? Will he adjust to all those changes...not to mention that in less than a month we are moving to a new house. So do I put him through the adjustment of a new house; then send him to the boarder when I can't move or the twins are born; and then bring him back when I'm capable? Is that too much change? I don't know what to do, but I do love him and want him to be happy! Also, any advice on how to keep the dog hair in check...with twin newborns I need to do something --- at this point I could vacuum 3 or 4 times a day to keep it in control!
Ok sorry so long...I am just very very stressed and have been crying for days and weeks about this and don't know what to do!