Just Pass Me By

Today the dog had surgery. Don’t get me wrong it really upset me she had to lose the eye, it pissed me off someone had hurt her to the point of needing surgery. But right now it is hitting me very hard, her poor eye is swollen which is what the vet said would likely happen. My vet is wonderful, well more like the dog vet. They have been a great help. My family is pretty much on a fix income, and it’s extremely tight. Honestly I do not know how we would have gotten the dog cared for which dad needs for emotional reason. The dog was the last pet him and mom got together. When mom was in the hospital she wanted to give the dog to someone else because she didn’t want dad to be burdened with the dog. Mom didn’t realize how attached dad was to the dog. Dad told me first my wife is getting taken from me and now the dog. I felt bad because dad shouldn’t lose everything, and he was feeling that way. Dad is 86 and was married for 55 yrs. Shadow their dog is a small dog she ways 7.2 pounds and vet said her losing wait would not be bad for her. She a little over weight, which is okay she healthy overweight.

Shadow was hurt before she moved in with my husband and I and it was at a place where we had to rescue dad from, unfortunately dad and his friends didn’t realize the people he lived with would harm a small animal. I haven’t contacted the cops in the area because hey they already told me dad been taken advantage of and it’s clear they don’t enforce laws about animal cruelty. Since this isn’t the first animal to be harm at the hand of stupid teens who think it’s okay to hurt animals with parents who probably doing the same thing. Hey lets pick on a 7 pound dog because it will make us so big, and strong because we can hurt it. We can blind it and guess what we will get away Scott-free with out no consequences!!!
Dad story had changed I am figuring both things have happened to the dog. What I do not understand is when I called about someone taking advantage of dad they told me because it happen 3 times they weren’t going to do anything. It was around this time we went and got the dog back, and saw how bad her eyes where, and found out that oh yeah she was never taken to the vet.
My husband and I ended up having to help dad with getting the dog to the vet. Banfields been a great help to us with Shadow, they have helped by doing the surgery for us. It amazing this is now bugging me bad enough that looking at the poor dog tonight makes me want to cry.
She is scared, or maybe it’s just pain coming out like fear does. The thing that pissed me off big time, is after I took the dog out for her evening potty break. She came back in Otis was on the top of the couch and Shadow wanted to ly on my pillows near where the cat was, and she came with her tail low just about tucked waging, with her face down. Otis my cat is pretty nice and gentle, good thing for the dog that Otis don’t think this would be a great time to get revenge for all the times the dog bite him.
Shadow has whimpered a few times, and I know the vet said she would be in pain, and everything else. I was prepared for this, but yet it pissing me off. There is nothing I can do to take away the pain for this dog other then tell her it’s okay and pet and love her. Even outside she was acting a little unsure of herself. I guess having one eye and surgery is hard to deal with for her. She tiny, and didn’t deserve what those jack*** done to her.
Shadow naturally tends to want to be with me. I will say she did a very good job at the vet because she went back no arguments at all which was good. She sleeping on my couch, I know soon she won’t be in pain and she’ll be back to herself happy and active. I still wish I could pluck out those guys eyes, so they can feel the same pain… If we were allowed to do the same things to people as they do to animals I wonder how many would hurt an animal to the point of losing a part of them. Would people still be willing to shoot a dog with a beebee gun or kick them in the head so hard they lose a eye. I wonder they had a beebee gun shot in their eye if that would make them think twice. Maybe it’s a good thing I didn’t witness it!!
I was talking to my mom the other day, and I told her, I just do not understand how some people are like my sister and I. We will jump in a river in winter to pull out some puppies thrown in the river, then you have these people who do great harm to animals and it doesn’t even matter to them. I just do not understand it.
I am thankful for our vet, out of all the hard things to deal with I will say she has made it a lot easier on us. The surgery could have cost us over 1300 but we only ended up paying 88 because they felt that dad and our financial situation warranted some help. This has been a stress reducer for me, because of being a college student, and taking care of dad who memory isn’t the best.

Shadow after surgery