I realized that my backyard Isn’t a safe place to keep my dog because I have a swimming pool. My dad was supposed to get a pool cover but now he’s not. I would teach my dog how to safely exit the pool but my father would rather do a bad job cleaning the pool than higher someone to do a good job to clean it (he’s EXTREMELY CHEAP). I tried to find someone to clean it but it would have been dollars an hour. Ive tried looking for a kennel but I believe that wouldn’t be safe also because I would need to find someway to bolt the kennel to ground because our backyard is covered in concrete. I just thought about buying a zip line, which I believe are used in the mid-west where fences are prohibited but we don’t have a tree in the backyard and I don’t know how safe it would be to attach it to anything else. I decided rather to find a no-kill shelter, but I was looking on Peta website and I came across this horrible story where Peta basically supports shelter that euthanize animals and how animals are no better of at no-kill shelters. But I don’t want to take the dog to a shelter at a time when shelters are overly packed with dogs and people cant afford to pay for adoption fees and I don’t believe many people go looking for dogs at shelters.
So I thought about putting the dog on craigslist with a re-homing fee, but I don’t want just any crazy person responding to the add, so I thought maybe a re-homing fee of dollars I think It would be better to go higher but the big problem is is that I got the dog from a woman who I think I shouldn’t have trusted because she told me the dog was a rescue dog but she didn’t have proof of the dogs first vaccinations. She only had handwritten his two vaccinations and then she attached a sticker of the vaccination she gave the dog herself. Not until later did I think the shelter should have given the dog all of it shots! I looked at the dog petted him asked if he had any health issues she said no and I took the dog. But after really examining the dog I realize he’s too thin. So basically I don’t even know how anyone would be willing to adopt a skinny unfixed puppy without proof of vaccinations for or more. The humane society told me I could get the dog vaccinated again which im willing to do but those dudes or like animal freaks that will not neuter a 4 month old puppy. I know this becuz i took my mom 9 month old beagle there and they told me to wait tell he is older and his baby teeth fell out which never did happen so they finally nurtured the dog. I would put the dog in a crate but not 4 hours only for 2 hours cause he doesn’t like the crate and plus i would like him to be able to run around and play outside when Im gone or working. So would you, a sane individual, be willing to buy this puppy on craigslist for 60 bucks if I do get the dog vaccinated again or is it safer to maybe post the dog up for adoption at a vet or the human society?
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melissa what are you talking about? Walking the dog isnt a problem since I do it everyday. And those individuals who dont have yards probably dont live in a 5 bedroom house with other open rooms where the dog could also get into trouble when the owners are gone.
and I bought the dog knowing that my dad would get a pool cover and now he’s not.

I have a 1 year and 3 month old dog.
When I got him from the shelter he was very sick.
Since then he has had other health issues.
The lastest being his stomach swelled and he was vomiting his stomach lining. When I went to work after taking him to the vets my ex bf mother let him outside unattended which was against both the vets and my wishes.
I work full time and my ex bf mother watches him for me.
However she has been going against my wishes, feeding him bananas and some acetic fruit.
Just the other week she put seasoning salt on his food. Saying it would stop him from eating his poop. ( which he hasn’t done for months now.)
That night his stomach started to swell again, and he was upset all night, I couldn’t go to sleep in case I had to rush him to the vets.
Also she has 5 archers and an invisible fence, which I don’t mind, however when I’m on my way home I have told her to keep him in the house since he likes to run to my car, I have almost hit him several times because he hides behind the bushes.
I like having her watch him however I’m afraid something is going to happen to him. Is there a nice way to tell her shes pissing me off?