Saturday, March 04, 2006
Chattymoon left a comment on my blog, and I thought it best to answer her here.
Already done the bankruptcy thing, which is why we cant get credit at all. And as neither of us is physically able to work, we are on welfare (well, the equivalent here) Which does not really give us enough to live on. For example, we get £91 per week. We have to top up our rent. Thats £35 gone right away. Gas and electric are £12.50 a week each, so thats another £25 gone So you can see, we dont get much left. So I end up borrowing from family. But I have to pay that back. If it wasn't for the dogs we wouldn't survive. By breeding one litter a year, I make just enough to keep the dogs for a year, and a bit extra to pay back all my family what I had to borrow. If I have a really good year, then I make enough to let us actually live for a while instead of just survive. Okay, I just KNOW someone is going to say "Well, get rid of the luxuries like the phone and the internet". I cant. Clive is not too good, and we need to have contact with our families and friends. My Mother is not at all well, and I need her to be able to contact me. As for the internet, well, if I didn't have this, my deopression would be 10, no more like 30 times worse. Think I am exagerating? Last time my internet was cut off for 10 days my son found me by the motorway (like an interstate highway) on a bridge just getting ready to jump off. If I have no contact with the outside world, meaning not my family or the few friends I have, then I just cant cope. I need the outside influence to keep me stable.
Chatty asked what happens with the dogs if we leve them on their own. Well, Kita and Mishka would kill each other. You have to remember that all my dogs, except Shunya, were taken from abusive or negligent owners. They were given to me because it was known that I was capable of managing them. It was me or euthanasia. I would not let that happen. None of these dogs is naturally aggressive, but they have been made that way by people. Mishka and Kita both regard themselves as beta female. and as such will fight for their position. The fact that they dont fight when I am at home is just because I am Alpha female in this pack, and they know it.
Ben is such a big sweetie, but he was left for hours, and on one occasion TWO DAYS, on his own by his previous owner. Now he panics if he doesn't know if we are in the house. He is a big strong boy, and is perfectly capable of breaking trhough every door in the house to get to us if he wants to. We had to replace three doors once he settled here. I will NOT put that kind of stress on my dogs. They have had more then enough to deal with in their lives, before they came to me. I will do everything in my power to ensure they live as normal a life as possible now.
Thanks for the tip on the glasses. I will try to find some of those pads. I have to do something.
Hopefully , that has answered all of Chattys questions. Thanks for caring enough toask them. I value my friends, no matter if they are real or cyber, a friend is a friend.
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