My mother in law is killing her "pets".
My mother in law has a yard full of German and American Sheps. She's a
Southern hillbilly and she lets all her animals breed like crazy.None of
them are fixed. They call themselves "breeders" but more of the pups die
than survive.They sell the few that survive for 50 bucks each, for extra
money. She and her husband refuse to feed the poor animals a decent amount of food, much less a decent quality. Right now, only one of the females has any pups that lived. The litter that started out with 10 is now down to 4, and they're onyl a few weeks old. They are outside in the freezing cold, with no blankets or nesting material at all. The mother dog is nothing but skin and bones. I was trying to sneak her some scraps this morning and this normally gentle dog was so hungry that she bit my finger all the way down to the bone when she tried to snatch the food away from me.
I am so angry at her, but my husband forbids me to say anything to her
about it. It would start a fight. This woman doesn't know how to care for
her animals at all, and she's just breeding them to make money, like a
freaking puppy mill.
She also has a cat that she kicks because he sprays. I've told her over and
over that if she would get him neutered, the spraying would stop. She just
doesn't do it. She says she doesn't have the money. It only costs 35 bucks
in this area to get a tom cat fixed, so if she doesn't have the money for
that, she should probably not have animals. (yet another thing that my
husband forbids me to tell her)
There is no animal control to call out here in the middle of nowhere. Not
even the game warden would say anything to her, because this is how
everyone in the area treats their animals.
I'm hurt every day I have to see these poor animals starving and
struggling. Saying something would create more bad feelings and start
trouble. A few years ago I took things into my own hands and snuck several
dogs to new homes, and within a few weeks, My mother in law had acquired
new "breeding stock".
I don;t know what to do. I'm angry and hurt and upset and I can;t even go
to the ER for my hand. They'll want to know what dog it was. If i tell
them, they'll put the dog to sleep. If I don't, they'll start me on the
rabies shots, multiple painful shots to my stomach... because the backwoods ER here doesn't have the new kind.
Can anyone help me? Give me advice? How can I tell my husband that his
family is trash? How can I help these pups survive, and possibly help
prevent any more from having to suffer and die?
My mother in law has a yard full of German and American Sheps. She's a
Southern hillbilly and she lets all her animals breed like crazy.None of
them are fixed. They call themselves "breeders" but more of the pups die
than survive.They sell the few that survive for 50 bucks each, for extra
money. She and her husband refuse to feed the poor animals a decent amount of food, much less a decent quality. Right now, only one of the females has any pups that lived. The litter that started out with 10 is now down to 4, and they're onyl a few weeks old. They are outside in the freezing cold, with no blankets or nesting material at all. The mother dog is nothing but skin and bones. I was trying to sneak her some scraps this morning and this normally gentle dog was so hungry that she bit my finger all the way down to the bone when she tried to snatch the food away from me.
I am so angry at her, but my husband forbids me to say anything to her
about it. It would start a fight. This woman doesn't know how to care for
her animals at all, and she's just breeding them to make money, like a
freaking puppy mill.
She also has a cat that she kicks because he sprays. I've told her over and
over that if she would get him neutered, the spraying would stop. She just
doesn't do it. She says she doesn't have the money. It only costs 35 bucks
in this area to get a tom cat fixed, so if she doesn't have the money for
that, she should probably not have animals. (yet another thing that my
husband forbids me to tell her)
There is no animal control to call out here in the middle of nowhere. Not
even the game warden would say anything to her, because this is how
everyone in the area treats their animals.
I'm hurt every day I have to see these poor animals starving and
struggling. Saying something would create more bad feelings and start
trouble. A few years ago I took things into my own hands and snuck several
dogs to new homes, and within a few weeks, My mother in law had acquired
new "breeding stock".
I don;t know what to do. I'm angry and hurt and upset and I can;t even go
to the ER for my hand. They'll want to know what dog it was. If i tell
them, they'll put the dog to sleep. If I don't, they'll start me on the
rabies shots, multiple painful shots to my stomach... because the backwoods ER here doesn't have the new kind.
Can anyone help me? Give me advice? How can I tell my husband that his
family is trash? How can I help these pups survive, and possibly help
prevent any more from having to suffer and die?
