I can't take much more!! Any Suggestions?

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Hi All,

Before I start ranting like the lunatic I'm becoming I'd like to apologize in

advance! I also want to welcome the new people to the group. Sorry Stills is the

reason your here but you have found a great group.

OK I have had about ALL I can take. I know many of you have felt this way. I

will try not to ramble on & on but really need to vent. 2007 wasn't so good &

December was horrible. I said many good-byes & was ready to start off a New &

better year --- HAHAHA Who was I kidding? I actually fooled myself into

believing things might get on the uphill course.

First off I've had " the rash " & night sweats off & on for a couple weeks now,

have felt like poop! I'm still waiting to find out if I'm ever going to get on

the compassionate use program for the new med my doctor has been talking about

for 4 months. I'm guessing at this point probably not.

Now for the really shi##y stuff. Here's some history. We had 3 dogs, a Golden

Retriever & 2 Jack Terriers for many years. When our Golden was about 12

she started getting dizzy & would walk in circles, the vet said it was a

disorder that some Golden's get but they can recover which she did-- for awhile.

Then we had an opportunity to rescue another 4 year old Jack , we didn't

need 4 dogs but let our hearts do the thinking. A couple months later our Golden

got very sick so 3 years ago we had to put her to sleep. She was my boyfriends

dog, he'd had her as a puppy so it was really hard. We wanted another Golden but

decided 3 dogs was enough. In October this year my male Jack of 14 years

got sick & ended up having cancer so we had to put him to sleep, in December

(day after Christmas) my female of 15 years had a stroke that caused brain

damage so we had to put her to sleep as well. ( in the last 2 weeks of December

we also had 3 close family members die,

2 unexpectedly) Being dog lovers we made the decision to get another Golden

but agreed 2 dogs is PLENTY. We still have our Jack rescue dog. So we

have been watching the paper, on line, registered with a couple Golden rescue

agencies etc. my boyfriend has been so excited to get a " big " dog again. This

past week there was one in our local paper for sale so we drove about 25 miles

to meet him. He's the age we wanted seemed like a nice dog but it is obvious he

hasn't had much training. The owner told us they hadn't time to do much training

& were letting him go because they are to busy for a dog. We wanted to buy him

that night but the lady got teary eyed & asked if we could wait until the

following day & she would bring him to us. We figured she was going to change

her mind but she didn't. She & her kids brought him to us on Thursday evening.

We asked her 3 different times if she was sure about the sale, she said yes they

are just to busy for the dog & as a family

they had discussed it. She asked if they could come visit sometime & we agreed.

She told us he had spent alot of time outside & slept in a metal kennel they

didn't let him inside much. Now comes the messed up part. The dog is 9 months

old they never had him vaccinated & got him in May. He knows one command sit

(for 5 seconds) isn't completely house broken, no leash training, is timid &

afraid of loud noises this is what we know so far after 2 days. We knew he would

probably have issues & are willing to deal with them. We consider dog ownership

as a lifelong commitment. We made an appointment to get his shots, neuter and

called about obedience classes already. So yesterday we get an e-mail from the

husband who we never met. He stayed in the garage while we saw the dog & didn't

come along when they brought the dog to our house. He said they think they've

made a mistake selling the dog & are requesting we give him. He will be gone

until Tuesday so when he gets home we'll get

it all settled & that they were planning to come see the dog this week anyway.

We e-mailed them back said we bought the dog, we asked if they were sure about

selling him etc. he has no shots, not housebroken & no training which shows they

are busy. We also said at this time we wanted no more contact that we feel it

would just be harder on them to come visit every week but maybe in a few months

they can call & we'll go from there. Tonight we got 3 text messages from the

husband threatening us, he was being completely irrational. Saying we just tied

the dog up in our tiny little yard at our little crappy house, or cage him?? We

misled them & lied he's getting an attorney, can't wait to meet my boyfriend

face to face Tuesday he just went on & on. The man has never been here nor met

us but he sure insulted us & our character! We did try to do the adult thing &

called both of them back but of course no one answered, we left messages to call

us. The only contact we've had with

him is via e-mail & text message, it seems odd that one of them didn't just

pick up the phone to call & discuss it. We sent an e-mail late last night since

we didn't hear back & told them how we felt about the husband harassing us,

questioning our character & insulting us. We asked them to call us today to get

this resolved as ADULTS. ( FYI our house is 11 years old 2000 sq ft with 2

adults, 1 teen & dogs) but not up to his standards, he implied it's a dump & we

are low life's. We don't know what to do.

To top it all off I let my teenage daughter stay at a friends house. I got a

call at 1:30am from a screaming mother whom I could barely understand yelling

come get your daugther now she let the girls leave for awhile & apparently they

came back drank so her daughter drove home that way then the mom confronted them

(I'm sure yelling & screaming) She told my daughter to get out never wants to

see her there again. I was worried sick not know where my daughter was & driving

with the possibility she was drunk. She made it home had been drinking so I have

to deal with that today as well.

At this point I fee like just curling up in a corner. A trip to the resort

would truly feel like a vacation right now! I haven't slept all night, I'm

covered with my wonderful friend Mr. Rash.

I'm mad, sad, pist, exhausted, overwhelmed blah, blah blah & think I'm finally

on my way to a padded room wearing a nice white jacket hopefully the meds will

numb all the bullshit!

Thanks for listening I know this was looooonnnnnnnnggggggggg.

Chris

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