Yes, I am apparently a horrible mother.
It all started 4 years ago when I got Daisy as a puppy. I got her in August a few weeks before I started working full time for the first time in my life. By January when she was finally spayed, I started working 50-60 hours a week at the Accounting Firm. Coupled with the fact that it got dark at 5pm and that I didn't have time on the weekends due to work, Daisy went untrained and unsocialized. This was probably the biggest mistake I have made in my life to date.
Now, 4 years later, I took her to a consultation with a professional dog trainer to see how I can help her with aggression and anxiety around other dogs and children. The answer...$2,400.00 bucks we can help her but bottom line, you messed up your dog cause you are a horrible parent.
Great.
They want to send her to dog boot camp like the brats on Maury who are out of control. 4 weeks at this dog boot camp with trainers working with her daily and I only get to see her once a week for training classes (where they apparently teach me how to not be a f%$k up of a mother). It kinda sounds like jail huh? And after all this "positive reinforced training" she will come out a better, less aggressive, and anxious dog. She said one week (priced at $600) I would definitely see some positive changes but it would take 4 weeks to fully cure her.
So, what do I do? If I do nothing I have a aggressive dog that could potentially harm another dog or child, or get herself hurt in a dog fight. If I do one week it might work or I get a payment plan and fix what I have created. I guess I could get her a muzzle and a shock collar. Maybe heavy sedation with Valium to calm her anxious butt down?
I guess one thing is for sure...I don't attempt to train another dog, or have any children in the near future.
After this bit of awesome news, I went to the beach. It was spectacular! High of 74 degrees, and not a cloud in the sky. The breeze was perfect and the sand was warm. I listened to Kelly Clarkson and read 2 magazines. The highlight of my day was seeing two dolphins frolicking about 200 feet offshore!!!! It was magical. In all my (almost) 2 years of living here, I haven't seen a dolphin and I finally did!!! They were so close. After about two hours of sunbathing, life felt good again and I went home.
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