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MollieMae01


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So this morning, I'm watching a movie when the phone rings. I look at the caller ID and it's my mom. I pick up the phone, saying "hi mom, what's up" and she says "are you ready to take Sadie??" and I'm like "take her?? Where are you guys going??" and she's like "she pissed on the new carpet again and either you take her or we put her to sleep". So of course I'm like "OK, just bring her over!!" I guess Sadie had gone outside (it was rainy and cold today) and Mom let her in and she pissed on the carpet when she got in the house!!

So now I'm at a loss as to what to do with her. I CAN NOT have another dog. She just got here and she just doesn't know what to do, she's NEVER lived with three other dogs before, especially not with 2 other females. I just know she and Mollie will be fighting for the Alpha position. Mollie already doesn't like her. Plus, Sadie and Lexie don't get along, with Lexie always wanting Sadie to play with her. I feel so bad because I know my dad will miss her terribly, he cried when I moved out with Mollie when I got married. So now I've got 4 dogs, a bird, and a bearded dragon (on the way). I just feel so bad because I can't keep her and I know my dad would like to see her sometimes, like when he comes over.

They've also only had her for not quite a year, but she's 7 years old and a purebred miniature schnauzer and she's spayed. She really is a DUMB dog. The people that had her before didn't work with her AT ALL on anything but housebreaking. She doesn't know how to sit or lay down or stay or anything. And I know my parents tried to work with her on all of those, but she's just so set in her ways that she won't learn. I know it's not her fault her previous owners had her from puppyhood and never did a damn thing with her. It's so sad but I am glad that I took her instead of them putting her down (like I'd ever let that happen, lol). But now I just don't know what to do with her, since she doesn't really like my dogs all that much and Brad would SH*T if I told him we were keeping her, plus I think he'd file for divorce, since he wouldn't even let me do foster care while he's gone.

I guess I just felt like venting. If anyone has any suggestions for me, though, I'm open to anything.

-- Edited by MollieMae01 at 20:38, 2005-10-24

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seven years old is not an unadoptable age. miniature schnauzers are a popular breed. maybe you could contact a rescue in your area and foster her until a home can be found. do you have any relatives or friends that would take her ? people that you know that would give her a good home ? you could also place an ad in your paper. i just would not advertise her as free. they have a higher tendency to take the dog just to resell it. i think going through a rescue might be your best bet. unless you end up getting attached and decide you want to keep her.

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Mollie, I say give your Mom some time to cool off. Usually when someone gets new carpet and such, they want it to stay nice, but a true doggie lover knows that anything new will be either peed, puked, soiled, and sometimes pooped on sometime in the future.


When a four-legged companions takes ahold of you, you come to realize that "things" can become second place in comparison to our animal family.


I can't tell you how many time I've said, "You damn dogs, I'm taking you to the pound!!" But then they smile at me and whatever they were doing at the time seem so unimportant.


Keep the little pooch and your Mom and especially your Dad will miss having the little girl around and think, I don't get nearly the love and adoration out of my carpet as I did Sadie.



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I just don't think I want to keep her forever though. I know she's not unadoptable, she's just sooo darn DUMB!!
I SERIOUSLY DOUBT my mom's gonna change her mind about her. I had asked her numerous times if she wanted to keep Mollie (like I'd have ever done that) and she always said a firm NO. She also told me that Sadie is definitely going to be the last dog they have. So, for those reasons, I REALLY don't think she's going to want her back. She was really PO'd at her and I think she's serious this time. She said "I spent way too much GD money on the house to have that stupid little dog ruin it for me. I worked hard on that room and there's no way I'm gonna let her ruin that brand new carpet already, I want her OUT".
You have no idea how anal my mom is about that sort of thing. I almost had to get rid of Mollie when we lived there because she kept pooping and peeing when we weren't there and the carpet where she did it was really bad, old carpet that they'd had for 15 years or so. They redid the living room, painted it, put new carpet down, new furniture and all, like 17 years ago and she still won't let anyone walk on the carpet with their shoes on or have any sort of food or drink in that room. She likes dogs, I just don't think she needs to have any anymore. I agree, they have done a ton to the house recently and she is ruining their carpet (which is why I'm glad that I tore up the only carpet in my house that the dogs couldn't be kept off of). I love my mom but I just think she's a little too much of a clean freak for a dog anymore. It was fine when I lived there, because there was a third person to take care of the dog, but now that I'm not there anymore, it's just not working for them. I understand completely though, but it's not like she gave me much of a choice, either I take her or they put her to sleep, what kind of choice is that???
I'm going to ask Brad's friend if he'll take her. He's got one cat right now and he wants a dog, but he wants to fence his yard in first, so I'll talk to him and see if he's up for having her on a tie-out for now.

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Here is her dogster page. Those are the only pics I have of her.

http://www.dogster.com/?106819

The last 3 pics were taken tonite, just about 10 minutes ago.

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Crate her so you don't get fights/accidents. Easier to make potty runs than clean-ups.
I don't blame your parents, at all. If I ever had the opportunity to say goodbye to poop, puke and other dog/cat things to make me go barf, let's deal with THIS now, I would take it. The dog, at that age will be in a downhill slide, getting worse, not better, for 10 years or so.
It may not be hard to place the dog, but a rescue may be able to rehabilitate it slightly, or not.
Oh, morally, it is not a kind decision, but the dog is a bane, not a joy to them. It needs to be someone else's pet.
Don't push them to get another. At that age people like to relax, not play maid to a dog. They also do not like the way they are tied down to the animal's company, like a child, dependant.
Not to say that getting older means you need no pets. If you are a lonely, bored, old person...with hardly anything in the world enough to make you want to get out of bed, a small responsibility like an errant dog is a welcome distraction, and a challenge.
The dog is yet young enough to lighten someone's life.
Select someone that it is not a burden to. It sounds like an indoor life is not an option.

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I agree about finding her a good home.  Some people don't mind trying to train an older dog.  Good luck and keep us posted.

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shes a real cutie pie ! given her age and that she's used to being with an older couple with no small children, she might do better in the same type of home. or even a single older person that is willing to take the time with her. there is someone out there who is looking for a dog just like her that will think she is the greatest dog in the world and give her an excellent home.

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Oh, she is a good dog, let me tell you. She's just not well-trained. And she only has accidents, it's not like she pees on the carpet every day or even every week. She was doing it for a while because my dad was gone a lot in the mornings, which wasn't routine at all, (he was working on his truck, so he'd let her out in the morning and go work on his truck at my bro's house and come home and go to work), but he just wasn't letting her out enough times in the day. If I'd known it was happening before, like him not letting her out enough, I'd have said something sooner. I told him that he could bring her over to my house and I'd take care of her in the morning, while he's gone and he could come pick her up in the afternoon before he went to work, or Mom could come get her when she came home at 5. I don't have a problem taking care of her, she's been to my house a hundred times.

And it's not really that the dogs are violent with her, Lexie just likes to play and Sadie doesn't want to play, especially with a dog so much younger and larger than she is. She gets along with Chopper and sometimes Mollie. They've never played so rough that it was violent or anything. I think Lexie is actually afraid of her sometimes.

I think if she's in a good home, where her owners are there 90% of the time, she'd be a great indoor dog. I don't think she'd ever be an outside dog, she's so small and the reason she peed in the house yesterday was because it was rainy and cold. I'll contact People For Pets, about 45 min from me, and ask them if they could put her on their website, while I take care of her. That's what they were going to do with the little rat terrier that was lost at the vet's office.

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I can not get the dogster site to come up.  My mother in law wants another schnauzer female. She is about 64 and just put down her male schnauzer.  Knowing her she won't want to take on a problematic ddog though. I will try to see if I can see the picture again.  Her male was the oldest to have lived at least in the south bay area. To note. nearly 16.

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Well, today I took Sadie to the nursing home with Lexie and I. She was very good with all the elderly people and everyone that came up to pet her. Everyone kept saying how cute she is and how friendly and such, so I told them all that she is adoptable. I had at least 3 people very interested in her!!!

There is one lady, in particular, that was extremely interested in her. I know her and so does my mom and the lady-her name is Brenda- asked me all sorts of questions about what was wrong with her and why do they want to give her up and such. So I told her the story and she was still very interested. She asked me if we could do a sort of 7 day trial and see how she does in her home. She is married, with two teenage kids who are mentally handicapped (autistic, I think). Soooo, I told her that would be ok and she said she has a bird and a chinchilla and I told her not to let either of them out when Sadie is around otherwise she might get ahold of them and kill them, since she's a terrier. So she was a little worried about that but otherwise, still very interested.

She asked if I thought Sadie could have a bladder infection, since she was having accidents in the house and I told her she very well could have. She said she wanted to take her to the vet to have it checked out before taking her home. So I said there's no reason for her to do that, I would do it since Sadie's not really hers yet. She insisted and I said OK and she came over this afternoon and took her to the vet to have it checked out. Sure enough, she has a bladder infection and a 103 temp!!! So he gave her some pills to keep her on, 2 a day for 2 weeks and if that doesn't clear it up, she'll have to have an x-ray to see if she's got stones. I felt really bad, but she didn't mind and she gave me the pills and told me what to do and she said she'd be here tomorrow to pick her up and take her home!! I had told her earlier that I wanted to keep her a day so that I could say goodbye and so could Dad, if he wants to. She's like "you're torturing me, making me wait a whole day!!"

So, it sounds like she is SUPER EXCITED to have her in her home!!! I couldn't be happier. I called my mom and left a message on her machine, telling her everything and who was taking her and she called me at work, saying she was thrilled that Brenda is taking her, since they knew each other when Mom worked at the nursing home. So she called Brenda and told her everything and how excited she is about her taking her. She knows Brenda will give her a good home, she's a very loving person and having 2 handicapped children, and the fact that she took her to the vet before she even owned her, just shows how big of a heart she has. I'm so happy!!!

I also remembered that the people we got her from worked all day and long hours and she is used to being home by herself a lot, so going to a home with a working family is no problem. I will take Sadie to the vet tomorrow and see if she's got heartworms, because I know that they had her on the cheap heartworm crap from Wal-Mart, the Hartz brand, and I'm pretty sure they never tested her for heartworms before giving it to her. I'm sure she's fine, but I want to be sure she's OK, and that Brenda knows what she's getting into if she does have heartworms.

I cried today before I left for work because I am positive that I prolly won't ever get to see my little sister again!! lol. And I'm sure I'll be bawling when Brenda comes to pick her up tomorrow at 4:30. But I know that she'll be in a good home and that if it doesn't work out, I will get her back. But I will miss her terribly, even though she's not my dog, really. It will definitely be bittersweet for me. I asked Mom if she wanted to come over to say goodbye tonite, but she said it's best she doesn't, otherwise she'll want to take her back. I told her I wouldn't let her take her back because I know that it's just not the time for them to have a dog right now and if she ever pees on the floor again it'll be the same damn thing all over again, so it's best to just let her go now. She said she doesn't want Dad to come over either because he might get really sad. I'll definitely cry if he cries!!!

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Does she live far away? Maybe she can bring her to see you sometimes? If not and things work out, think how happy and spoiled she will be!!

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Sounds like she's going to have a wonderful home!  Even tho she won't be with your family you will be able to check on her.  I bet she is going to be absolutely wonderful with the 2 boys - I bet they'll be good for each other!

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it sounds like you found her a great home. you can always ask for an occasional update on how she is doing. its great that the bladder infection was caught and treated. maybe that was alot of the problem. i,m sure you will miss her, but at least you will know where she is .

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Poor baby....I'm so glad she finally got to see the vet!


Sounds like you've found her a great new home...this lady sounds just perfect.  And who could resist that face anyway?  She's a cutie! 


You're awesome to have done this for Sadie...she's lucky to have a great big sister like you!



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That's great news.  The woman taking Sadie to the vet to check on the bladder infection is a good sign.  I hope Sadie will enjoy her new home; it sounds like a good match. 

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