Feeling lost - mom may be getting kicked out of facility/home

[Anonymous]

I agree woth the others. You or a sibling agree agree take the dogs, visit with the dogs every couple of days or once a week for a while then phase them out. You can eventually tell mom they escaped/ran away from your house or bit someone or got hit by a car.

Just like your kids didn't need to know at age 5 that the tooth fairly wasn't real, mom doesn't need to know the truth at this point

[Anonymous]

This is not quite related to your current situation,but as a nurse that deals mostly with elderly patients I have some advice. As your mom's health continues to decline you, your sister, and mom need to have a conversation about future health care. A lot of people come into the hospital and have major surgery to prolong a life where one can barely walk or even take care of oneself.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Regime the dogs. Maybe the new owners will allow you to take them to visit every once in awhile?

I so wish we could. My sister, who is a vet, says absolutely not rehomable. They poop and pee everywhere , bite, bark non-stop, jump on everyone. They would have to be euthanized.

Take the dogs to your sister and have her euthanize them. Your mom will be angry at you both but it will keep her from being thrown out.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Take the dogs, and then euthanize them. Tell her the escaped and bit someone.

This.

You’re both complete garbage. Wow.

[Anonymous]

I can't imagine how the facility has allowed these untrained, wildly dirty dogs to stay so far. Who is cleaning up all their poop and pee? Is your mother able to? Does she take them for walks outdoors? How old are these dogs? Does your mother take her dogs for regular check-ups and health care (annual shots, etc.)? I suspect these dogs have a pretty crummy quality of life.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Take the dogs, and then euthanize them. Tell her the escaped and bit someone.

This.

You’re both complete garbage. Wow.

Then you volunteer to take in dogs who bite into your home.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Slip some drugs in the dog food to permanently incapacitate the dogs.

- Evil but practical

Okay, well, don't do that. That's illegal.

Are the dogs in deplorable conditions? I suspect not since she's in a facility but perhaps. If so, contact animal control for a welfare check.

It is always sad when it happens, but pets being taken because the owners can no longer properly care for them is the #2 way the shelter I volunteer at receives animals.

[Anonymous]

Don’t take her dogs away!!! She probably wouldn’t want to live without them. If the daughter is a vet prescribe Valium to calm them down. It’s not that hard.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Take the dogs, and then euthanize them. Tell her the escaped and bit someone.

This.

You’re both complete garbage. Wow.

There really is no other option though, is there?

What happens if Mom gets kicked out? She lives on the street? Where's she going to live with the dogs? Nowhere, right? So what is your better plan?

[Anonymous]

OP there are trainers who take the dogs for like 4-5 weeks and do boot camp. Try that and see if getting them out for a bit helps the facility cool down. It will also mean your mom won’t have to do as much homework with them between sessions.

[Anonymous]

I am impressed with how hard people have worked to come up with solutions - and I mean that seriously. OP, if your mom won’t go for any of the options that people have suggested - and my favorite is the boot camp- then I don’t think there is anything you can do. If she knows you’re not going to bail her out, maybe she’ll become reasonable. But I think you’re going to have to let her figure it out and execute it.

This being said, I am crazy about my (well behaved, house trained) dogs. It would be hard to let them go unless I had something else to focus on. But maybe there is a substitute that is more manageable like fish or a cat.

[Anonymous]

All of you who are saying to take the mom's dogs away and kill them are disgusting.

[Anonymous]

Cheap quick option so she can keep them- give the dogs CBD to try to calm them down?

Charlotte's Web (a trusted CBD maker) has treats for dogs. Try them. Petco or the like stores should have them, maybe even vitamin shoppe where they sell the human cbd is worth a look.

Can you give her some too to calm her down?

Just a $50 shot to try.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:All of you who are saying to take the mom's dogs away and kill them are disgusting.

These old dogs are a constant risk to the people aroumd them, esoecially their elderly owner. Some people would abandon dogs like this. It is kinder to euthanize them.

[Anonymous]

I agree with the training/boot camp suggestion. Please reach out to Ridgeside K9 https://www.ridgesidek9.com/. They could at least assess the dogs and determine whether there's any hope for rehab or training. I think it's worth a try and to the PP's point, if they're able to stay for a several week residential training program, that takes the heat off the near term situation and gives you/her time to think through next steps. Your mom may also realize she can function without them in her life and that things are far less stressful without them wreaking havoc. Getting them some training may make them more either better behaved in your mom's home, or more re-homeable/adoptable than if they're just dropped at a shelter door without any training.