Tragic news from the mod
I know I haven’t been on that often, due to work and running out of ideas, but I need some emotional support right now.
The family dog we got roughly a year ago has become far too much trouble to keep around(refuses to stop resource guard, continues to use me and the other members of the household as chew toys, and a constant destructive behavior towards everything), and he’s scheduled to be put down later today.
This dog and I have had our misgivings in the past, he’d destroy some of my stuff, or try to bite down hard enough to draw blood(either he wasn’t that strong, or he held back, I don’t know, he never did draw blood), and I’d get angry and yell or scold him while carrying him off to his crate for time out. But even with all this, he was still a member of the family, and this is pretty painful.
It’s times like these that make me resent the fact that I cannot cry that easy, because it feels like my emotions are backed up, but it’s even worse for my sister in law, who owned the dog, it was the first time I’ve seen her break down and cry.
Now, she’s one of those strong manlier-than-the-men type of ladies, she’s a master of sewing, carpentry, metalworking, and car repairs, and is tough as nails, but it was the first time I’ve seen her cry, and I have no clue how to support her emotionally.
I guess the long and short of this is, our dog is going to be put down, and I’m torn up inside.