speechmom53
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Hi All, it's been a while since I have been on here and a lot of things have happened, unfortunately none of it good. However, I am keeping the faith and I pray every day, all day, that the Lord will see me through all of the horrible events going on in my life. This current decision is just another horrible situation in the many that have been going on in my life. Every time I think things can't get worse they do. Through all of this Tubs has been the only one who has stuck by my side and has been able to make me smile, but I think that is going to come to an end.
In in my other posts I mentioned what an awesome dog Tubs is. He is AKC registered, a certified AKC puppy, a certified KGC and a certified therapy dog. He is such a sweet baby boy and he is my rock right now. He makes me smile when all I want to do is cry. There have been choices I had to make where some options would have resulted in me giving him up. The decisions I have made may not have been the easiest ones, but they allowed for me the opportunity to keep Tubs in my life.
Tubs is technically my daughter's dog. She begged for a bulldog when she was 10. However, as with most children, the responsibilities of taking care of Tubs fell on my shoulders. That resulted in Tubs being a big momma's boy. He runs to greet me everytime I come home from work and he follows me around the house like my little tail. He makes me smile when he takes all of his toys out of his toy box and spreads them all around the house. He is so good with everyone and is wonderful with little kids. However, there is one person he is not good with and that would be my daughter.
I don't know what the problem is. She tries to be nice to him by playing with him and scratching his backside and petting him, but he is nasty with her. He growls at her and he has bitten her 3 times. I don't understand why she is the only one that he does this to. We have done everything we can think of to remediate this behavior including take them both back to the trainer to seek professional help. She is 15 now and she has voiced being upset that I haven't gotten rid of him.
My daughter and her father (we are not together) have created one of the horrible situations in which I am going through right now. She had a teenage temper tantrum because she didn't like the fact that mom has rules and she went running to her dads house. I am in a custody battle to get her back, so she isn't with me full time right now. Her dad is only fighting this because he wants me to pay him child support, where I am worried about her wellbeing and her future. This is only one horribleone situation is which Tubs has been my rock.
Last night my daughter was with me. We were watching TV where my daughter was laying on the couch. Tubs walked over to her and seemed to be fine. She started petting him and scratching his backside. He began to growl while she was doing this. Then he turned around and faced her while continuing to growl. Then all of a sudden he lunged at her and tried to attack her. If he actually succeeded he would have bit her right in the face.
I don't know why he does this and only does this to her, but I am at a loss. The only thing I know is that I can't keep letting this happen. So, I have come to the difficult decision and that is that I will have to give him up. It breaks my heart because he is my baby boy and he is a momma's boy to the point he has separation anxiety when it comes to leaving my side. The situations that I keep getting thrown at me include this one where I feel that I need to choose between my daughter and my baby boy.
i guess I am looking for assistance in finding Tubs a new home. I don't want to do this or think of this nor do I know how to go about doing this. If anyone can help me with this difficult decision I would be very grateful. I have all of his paperwork and medical records. He is up to date on his shots and he also has plenty of toys and blankets.
Thank you all.
Tubs' as' heart broken mommy........Jen
In in my other posts I mentioned what an awesome dog Tubs is. He is AKC registered, a certified AKC puppy, a certified KGC and a certified therapy dog. He is such a sweet baby boy and he is my rock right now. He makes me smile when all I want to do is cry. There have been choices I had to make where some options would have resulted in me giving him up. The decisions I have made may not have been the easiest ones, but they allowed for me the opportunity to keep Tubs in my life.
Tubs is technically my daughter's dog. She begged for a bulldog when she was 10. However, as with most children, the responsibilities of taking care of Tubs fell on my shoulders. That resulted in Tubs being a big momma's boy. He runs to greet me everytime I come home from work and he follows me around the house like my little tail. He makes me smile when he takes all of his toys out of his toy box and spreads them all around the house. He is so good with everyone and is wonderful with little kids. However, there is one person he is not good with and that would be my daughter.
I don't know what the problem is. She tries to be nice to him by playing with him and scratching his backside and petting him, but he is nasty with her. He growls at her and he has bitten her 3 times. I don't understand why she is the only one that he does this to. We have done everything we can think of to remediate this behavior including take them both back to the trainer to seek professional help. She is 15 now and she has voiced being upset that I haven't gotten rid of him.
My daughter and her father (we are not together) have created one of the horrible situations in which I am going through right now. She had a teenage temper tantrum because she didn't like the fact that mom has rules and she went running to her dads house. I am in a custody battle to get her back, so she isn't with me full time right now. Her dad is only fighting this because he wants me to pay him child support, where I am worried about her wellbeing and her future. This is only one horribleone situation is which Tubs has been my rock.
Last night my daughter was with me. We were watching TV where my daughter was laying on the couch. Tubs walked over to her and seemed to be fine. She started petting him and scratching his backside. He began to growl while she was doing this. Then he turned around and faced her while continuing to growl. Then all of a sudden he lunged at her and tried to attack her. If he actually succeeded he would have bit her right in the face.
I don't know why he does this and only does this to her, but I am at a loss. The only thing I know is that I can't keep letting this happen. So, I have come to the difficult decision and that is that I will have to give him up. It breaks my heart because he is my baby boy and he is a momma's boy to the point he has separation anxiety when it comes to leaving my side. The situations that I keep getting thrown at me include this one where I feel that I need to choose between my daughter and my baby boy.
i guess I am looking for assistance in finding Tubs a new home. I don't want to do this or think of this nor do I know how to go about doing this. If anyone can help me with this difficult decision I would be very grateful. I have all of his paperwork and medical records. He is up to date on his shots and he also has plenty of toys and blankets.
Thank you all.
Tubs' as' heart broken mommy........Jen