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[rotating-posts]I have a 2 yr ancient pom that i took from a “friend” that got caught with him in a NO PETS NO EXCEPTIONS apt. She had had him for a year before moving into the apt, she is just an idiot (for lack of a better word). She questioned me to take care of him in June 09, we still have him.
The agreement was for me to take him in and take care of him for a couple weeks till she finds a new apt, well we still have him and she is still in the same apt. She was to pay for ALL expenses for the dog and come over a few days per week to take him to the dog park and spend time with him, etc.
After having him a few days i noticed that he isn’t fixed, is only pee pad trained, has very nearly no obedience training, and is being “fed” kibbles and bits. He wouldn’t eat much and was severely under weight. I questioned her about it and she said she just usually just feeds him what she eats (all quick food, she is really unbalanced individual). After a week of having him he developed an abscessed anal gland. I took him to the vet and learned that he had not had his vaccinations for over a year and wasn’t vaccinated for rabies either. I got it all done and paid the bill (called her and questioned her first, and she said she would pay me back).
Long tale fleeting she visits him even less now, she wont let me have him fixed, and has only paid me a small part of the grand she owes me in vet bills for this poor dog. I feel terrible for the dog, Gizmo, every time i let her take him for a day because he always comes back shaky, skinnier, and flea ridden. I am a bartender and she is a bar glide; she will come pick him up because she says she misses him, then i will see her out that night (observably doesn’t miss him too much, in view of the fact that she left him locked up at home to go out and drink). I feel like i am abusing poor gizmo by letting her come get him, even for just one day.
I have trained him to be obedient, he is fed on the raw diet, and i keep him healthy. But just this last time she came and got him (2 days ago) and he wont eat now. He wont eat his favorite raw diets, no treats, no cheese, nothing. And he has a bulge about the size of a small egg between the underside of his anus and his testicles (it isn’t his anal glands, as i have had to handle him for this before so i know what that looks like).
So now i dont know what to do. I have grown to see him as my own, it doesn’t look like she will ever get her life together (she is 21, acts like she is 12) much less go into a place that allows pets. She paid $300 for him from a byb and I have paid multiple times that just in vet bills for her poor care taking. I have to bathe him every time she brings him back due to the fleas, so i am worried about his skin getting dry even even if i am using a gentle oatmeal clean.
How should i get him to eat, what should i get him to eat? How do i get her to stop feeding him crap food? Is this what is making him not want to eat? Did it cause his new lump?
I am taking him to the vet this week, i just hope it doesn’t come to it because she seems like she doesn’t want to pay what she owes as it is. But i will do what i have to to keep gizzy healthy and pleased.
Sorry it is so long, i just dont know what to do in these cases. THanks for your help
she doesnt have him “officially” registered. She got him from a byb and never bothered to register him with the city.
just to be clear, i like gizmo as my own and he deserves the best. I dont mind at all providing vet care and giving all the best food and obedience. As far as the vet is concerned, he is mine, in view of the fact that she cant give me the name of her fundamental vet, because she cant remember it, my vet has be converted into his. In view of the fact that taking him in I got my own pom, Kujo, and they are best friends. I would kill me to separate them at this point
be grateful you so much for all of the positive feed back, it really helps
