gooeydog Posted July 23, 2003 Posted July 23, 2003 After 3 months of pretending she didn't exist (for new members, we took Haley in february after her owner almost killed her by not taking care of her diabetes, her owner "visited" with her from time to time for about 2 months, then stopped) Haley's (former) owner showed up today to see her??? I just don't get it... why the sudden change in heart? She kept carrying on about how she'd missed Hale so much... then WHY hasn't she been to see her at ALL since April??? She didn't say one word to me, and completely ignored Goo's wiggling from my chair for the first five minutes, while she made a huge fuss over Haley. Then when she finally did try to pet Goo, Goo seemed so miffed that she didn't even WANT her attention anymore... grunted and moved over to the other side of me. She ended up taking Hale up to the school and letting her loose (I've begged my mom to tell her to keep her ON LEASH, but she hasn't said a word, not that it would probably do much good), then when she got back, she wanted to go to Hale's training class with us. I wasn't sure whether I was going or not (my aunt was planning on making pizza, so it was a tough choice :rolleyes), so I decided to stay home and hang out with Goo after my mom told her she could go. (We had a great time, went with my aunt's BF in my dad's truck to trade back with their car, then goo got to slop up her windows on the way home (my aunt has never let Goo in her car, but it's a bit late for her to say no now :lol), then we wandered around the yard and I let her run around on the pier offleash (there's only one way on/off, and I stand in the way, so she can't get out).) I know it may seem like I'm overreacting, but this whole situation has gotten me so pi**ed off that I don't even want to think about it. On top of that, I'm a bit worried that she's going to try to convince my mom to let her have Hale back, and that my mom might actually agree :( Poor Goo must be picking up on my mood, she's been giving me funny looks all evening :sadCyber: :tard: Quote
gooeydog Posted July 23, 2003 Author Posted July 23, 2003 I think I may know what it was now... The other night we took Goo and Haley for a walk around the block, and some people stopped us to talk to my mom about Haley. They know her old owner, and were asking about how we got Haley, my mom told them that her owner hadn't been taking care of her, so she was ours now. I'm guessing her owner found out (she was probably still thinking of Haley as "hers", so now she's decided she wants back her "status symbol". She'd even seen us with Haley numerous times, never a flicker of interest until now. She'd already been down here this morning when I got up (ok, so I didn't get up until almost 3 in the afternoon :oops: ) and taken Hale out, so it seems like she is trying to prove something. I'm going to talk to Hale's trainer this weekend and see if he can't help me lay down some rules... like Hale not being offleash, etc. I'm hoping his opinion will have a little more weight than mine, so maybe my mom will listen to his advice. Quote
ellieangel Posted July 23, 2003 Posted July 23, 2003 That's a tough situation for you :-? I'm inclined to agree with the others,if she didn't come for a month she will probably do the same again. I know you must be worried but I think it's unlikely that she will commit to dog ownership again if she couldn't cope the first time around. Try not to worry :wink: Quote
Marble Posted July 23, 2003 Posted July 23, 2003 it sounds like my sister, after she'd neglected her son and gotten in tons of trouble with the law and drugs and the whole mess, he got set up in an awesome family, they have been trying to adopt him for at least two years but my obnoxious sister won't show up for the court dates! i hope it all works out for you, you are OBVIOUSLY a MUCH better owner/caretaker than that woman. keep us updated..... Quote
courtnek Posted July 24, 2003 Posted July 24, 2003 surely your mom can be swayed by letting her see how well Hale is doing now and how much it would hurt her physically and mentally to go back to a minimum care situation..... actually K, "hurt" is by far an understatement - Non-care of Diabetes is FATAL....without her insulin and her diet control, she will go blind, could have to have limbs amputated, and suffer kidney failure. There is NO messing around with this illness, it has to be under constant control.... and THAT's Haley's ticket to stay with you. By not properly caring for her, her original owner was dooming her to a painful and nasty death. Quote
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