And I don't mean blow through Steem tokens, I mean I need to vent!
Hello again fellow Steemers, The Hatter here again. I wanted to make a post yesterday but things got a little crazy around here the past couple of days.
My girlfriends name is Jackie, she has her Mother, Father & an older sister and brother. For the past six years they've had the same dog, a Shiba-inu mix named Jasmine.
Before Jasmine came into their lives they had another dog named Rosie, a small little thing, but she ended up passing away at a very old age. Nobody in the house was ready for a new pet, but her Father decided to go out and pick up this Shiba-inu and name her Jasmine. At first, nobody really liked her except for her Father. Not that there was anything wrong with her, it's just that the pain from Rosies death was still fresh, so it took some time to start warming up to Jasmine. In time, we all came to love her.
Within a year of having Jasmine, her Father started becoming lazier and lazier. He stopped contributing to caring for the dog 100% and left all of the responsibility on the rest of his family. Around this time his wife also had a stroke and was diagnosed with Moya Moya, an extremely rare brain condition where the vessels that are carrying blood and oxygen to her brain are closing up and she will eventually die from it. They flew across the country to some special clinic and she underwent brain surgery, which was only partially successful.
All this with his wife happened several years ago. She is still going and is alright, but was forced into retirement, can't drive, stays home all day & is on tons and tons of medications. She still walked the dog, would feed her, did a great amount while we were all at work or out, even in her extreme sickness.
As time moved on her husband just kept getting lazier, fatter, angrier and an all around asshole in general. He calls out of his very good job about 1/3 of the time, he has 10-year and is Union so somehow a guy like this is able to continue making decent money. When he is not at work, he is home. 100% of the time. When he is home, he is laying in his bed, moaning (literally like a baby) about every ache he has, begging his grown children to rub his back and feet, complaining about every single thing on earth. He smokes endless amount of garbage Mexican reg weed, eats up a storm & watches TV all day, or plays games on his iPad.
So a few weeks ago this guy tells us he is taking his wife to Atlantic City to gamble (dumbass I know, as my money skyrocketed in crypto he lost his) for a couple of days. He wants us to all take care of the dog extra good while they are away because he is extremely paranoid about her having an accident in the house. It was no problem, we all arranged our schedules so somebody would be at the house at all times throughout the day and night.
So the day before yesterday comes, and I was at work when I get a call from my girlfriend. She tells me her Mom just called her and said "Don't be alarmed when you get home and Jasmine isn't there. Your Dad turned her into the shelter."
Turns out the guy woke up in the morning and ran to the store to grab something for the trip real quick. As usual, he just walks past his dog and out the door. Doesn't even have the decency to run her out for a piss. He gets home a bit later and she had peed on the rug by the door. He started flipping out, tore down all the magnets that said things like "I love my Shiba Inu" and the Beware of Dog sign on the front door, grabbed her and threw her in the car. Without a word to anyone in his family he whisked her away to the shelter and abandoned her there, relinquishing all of his rights.
He then went home, picked up his wife and off to gamble in Atlantic City they went. Apparently after six years of loyalty from this dog he just said "fuck you" and turned his back on her and was still in the mood to go hit up the casinos.
This dog saved the entire family on two different occasions when a fire started in the middle of the night. On both occasions the fire detector failed to go off and it was only Jasmines barking that woke up the family in time. She was extremely protective of her family, and after my girlfriends Mom got sick with her brain disorder this dog got really close to her. Jasmine was the only companion she had for more than half of the day while she was couped up in the house all alone.
So as they are in Atlantic City they completely started ignoring phone calls, texts, have not called or texted once to check in, have just simply abandoned their own children now without a word, tossing the dog they had and loved away for no reason at all.
They can't even answer the question of where this asshole took the dog. I would have taken her home to my house had I known he was just going to get rid of her. She suffers from extreme seperation anxiety, so I could only imagine how intense this must be for her. We've called shelters all over but can't locate her at all.
Needless to say, my girlfriend and her sister are an absolute mess. This was all done while they were not home, and no warning was given. They never even got to say goodbye or anything.
Personally, I've never seen a man so disgusting in my life towards his own dog. I come from a line of strong animal lovers and nobody I speak to can believe it. Especially since this woman is termanally sick with a brain disease, the fact that her own husband took her one companion away is sickening.
Anyway, like I said, I just needed to blow some steam. My girlfriend asked me to share the story. All of you dog owners out there, go give your pooch a nice big kiss and a bone! I know since this has happened I've just appreciated my own Great Dane even more. His name is Jenkins! He's a big boy with an even bigger heart. But that is for another post.
Have a great day all of you!
-The Hatter
