The dog. The dog from hell. Charlie.
He's a problem dog. He was actually given up by his owners because they were about to have a baby and there would be no way they could have the dog around the baby. So what does my father in law do? He adopts the dog. He adopts the dog when his only son and wife were trying their hardest to conceive their very first grandchild.
Now they have a dog who has zero discipline. He'll eat anything within reach, nothing is off limits. If you turn your back, say you get up to get the salt and pepper, your plate will be cleaned of all it's food. And upon Father in law hearing/seeing this? We'll get chastised for not guarding our plate.
I don't know why the father in law is like this. I think he knows it was stupid to get this dog but can't admit to the mistake. So he ignores it's happening. I think they tried all the discipline classes at the beginning, but slowly gave up. Now it's a hear & see no evil type thing and he just dotes on the dog constantly.
I really dislike this dog. The dog acts like he's the king of the house, demanding through barking of what he would like help with - doors opened, treats, etc. And they (the inlaws) just do it. It's maddening.
Charlie is 10. How old do weimaraners live to? wink~wink.
... Once (and still) Infertile, but still Schnarky as hell. This blog is dedicated to the daily ramblings from the mind of Nancy. It isn't about anything profound in the grand scheme of things, but it ~is~ about things in my life, schnarkiness always included. I have a second blog, listed in my profile, but the blogs will continue to remain separate.
"I'm aiming for heaven, but I'll probably wind up down in hell"
About Me
- nancy
- I am a 39 year old woman. I am the mother of two beautiful daughters and a handsome son. I am a career woman. As for my TTC world, it certainly doesn't seem like I am "infertile", but I fought for my pregnancies and my TTC/IF history is on the sidebar. I have two blogs, which are both listed in my profile. One focuses on my daily life - including IF, TTC, pregnancy, delivery and even some "children mentioned" posts. The second blog is ~soley~ posts directly about being the mother to my three children.
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My TTC History
- Jul 01 ~ married
- Jan 02 ~ First cycle off bcps and opk shows ovulation!
- Dec 02 ~ Went to pcp for RE referral
- Jan 03 ~ Testing commences. S/A perfect. HSG clear.
- Feb 03 ~ Lap #1. All clear.
- Apr 03 ~ Clomid cycle #1. BFN.
- May 03 ~ Clomid cycle #2. BFN.
- Jun 03 ~ Clomid cycle #3. BFN.
- Jul 03 ~ Supposed to be IUI#1, but we missed cd3 so natural cycle
- Aug 03 ~ BFP on C18.
- Apr 04 ~ Ella born.
- Oct 04 ~ decided to ttc #2 and went off minipill to see if I am ovulating. I am. Will start next month.
- Nov 04 ~ TTC#2 starts. BFP. Holy Crap. No freaking way. No way.
- Aug 05 ~ Allison born
- Oct 06 ~ IUD removed. TTC#3
- Jan 07 ~ Large cysts found.
- Feb 07 ~ Femara cyle #1
- Mar 07 ~ Started w/ RE. HSG #2 showed R tube blocked. S/A normal.
- Mar 07 ~ more cysts, up to 9cms.
- Apr 07 ~ more cysts, 3 @ 7-9cms.
- May 07 ~ IUI #1 cancelled due to more cysts
- Jun 07 ~ IUI #1 (take two) w/ Clomid. BFN.
- Jul 07 ~ HSS showed scar tissue in 70% of uterus. Diagnosed with Asherman's Syndrome. Uterine surgery #2
- Aug 07 ~ HSG #3 showed clear tubes.
- Aug 07 ~ IUI #2 w/ Femara. BFN.
- Sept 07 ~ Monitored w/ hCG trigger. BFN.
- Oct 07 ~ HSS #2 showed scar tissue in 30% of uterus. Uterine surgery #3.
- Dec 07 ~ HSS #3 showed tiny amount of scar tissue. Uterine surgery #4.
- Jan 08 ~ HSS #4 showed clear uterus.
- Jan 08 ~ IUI #3, C16. BFN.
- Mar 08 ~ IVF #1, Transfer Cancelled due to lining. Out of 15 eggs, 9 were mature and all 9 fertilized. I have named my 9 embryos "The Mod Squad" and they are in the freezer, waiting for mommy to be ready.
- Apr/May 08 ~ FET #1. C20. 4 embryos "The Fab Four" transferred on 5/05. BFP!!! Very Low Beta (15 at 11dp3dt) but the numers continued to double every 48 hours. Told it was "most likely not viable" and later "most likely ectopic" but we beat all the odds.
- May 16, 08 ~ 11dp3dt (4w0d), beta #1: 15
- May 19, 08 ~ 14dp3dt (4w3d), beta #2: 43
- May 23, 08 ~ 18dp3dt (5w0d), beta#3: 213
- May 27, 22dp3dt (5w4d), beta #4: 1,073
- Jun 08 - Ultrasound showed one heartbeat at 7 weeks.
- Jul 08 - Had CVS testing. Chromosomes are normal and it's a BOY!! EDD: 1/23
- Aug 08 - Jan 09 ~ High risk due to: 1) Velamentous Cord Insertion, deemed biggest risk 2) Previous Placenta Accreta 3) Previous rapid degraged placenta 4) IVF alone can create weak placenta 5) AMA - Advanced Maternal Age. -- All resulting in almost 30 u/s and lots of testing, which ended up saving my life.
- Jan 09 (38w0d) ~ Karl is born! -- Crazy 3 days in hospital. Manual version to flip baby from breech to head down, Labor, Delivery, Emergency surgery due to cord detaching from placenta, Scary heart issues from losing over 40% of my blood supply, and then a blood transfusion due to the extreme loss of blood. Whew!
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6 comments:
I basically have a cat like this. She is SO high mainteance. My Dh adopted her through an abuse animal network and brought her home. While the idea was nice, she has clear psychological problems. She has come a LONG way from not moving out from under the bed for 2years, to really loving my patient husband. But she insists on sleeping under his chin while he sleeps and attacking ME if i come near him. She sleeps in the middle of us and will NOT MOVE. Sometimes it takes my entire body to move her while she growls at me for trying to take over my OWN bed. She wont come out of the room at all..which means we have to keep a litter box and cat food in there....its a neverending saga. I am wondering the life spans of simease.......its been like 5 years of.......interesting.
He's a big dog, so maybe he won't live too much longer.
If there is one thing I hate, its undisciplined dogs. Now our Cujo is spoiled, but he is well mannered. He rarely jumps on people, barks or licks. As a dog owner, I think that poor discipline is usually just laziness on the owners part because it is not easy as it takes a lot of work and constant reinforcement.
This sounds just like my in-law'a dog. He is obnoxious because they spoiled him rotten. He was their filler for DH leaving for college.
My dogs may get a bit rowdy but it is becasue they LOVE people and want to be petted... a lot.
To Trisha... I feel your pain. I had a siamese that loved only me. I tool him when I was single and didn't realize he was high maintenance until I moved in my DH. He would sit in the back of the house and just howl until I can in. He hated men, too. We ended up finding a home for him with a single older woman and it was the perfect fit. Have you thought about finding her a different home?
Sorry to say but weimaraners can live up to 15 - 16 years (and possibly longer if in good health). I am a dog owner and beleive there are no bad dogs, only bad owners. Seems as though your in-laws have chosen to let Charlie be the pack leader and he is only doing what they allow.
Hopefully, he didn't ruin your visit.
Swim - Agree to some point. I do think that is the situation with ~most~ dogs (owners being the 'bad' ones) but there are some dogs who have something disagreable in their bloodline. Which, I guess, was originally caused by an owner, just not the orignal owner.
And he didn't ruin my visit. Just got on my nerves more than once :)
You should have him watch the Dog Whisperer, on National Geographic or Animal Planet. He has a good method and it actually works. It seems more like doggy psychology, but if it works and you don't have to beat the snot out of the animal, I say it's a good thing. Easy to try and hopefully your FIL can stick to it. If he's invested in both the dog and a grandbaby. Hang in there, sorry you had to endure that (and the comments!) during your visit.
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