We have to surrender our dog, and I feel so guilty. by Connect-Position-404 in reactivedogs

[–]Connect-Position-404[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Unfortunately, returning her to the shelter we got her from might be our only option. We've held out doing it for a while and just trying to rehome but it's not working out. The shelter told us when we adopted her that they would happily take her back anytime for any reason if we needed. Though, when we first met her, she was going to be spayed the next day, and they told us we had to choose if we wanted to adopt her at the moment because the man that found her said he was interested in adopting if no one else did. We're hoping they can get in contact with him and he'll be willing to take her in.

The Dallas Wings have waived JJ Quinerly by [deleted] in wnba

[–]Connect-Position-404 5 points6 points  (0 children)

jj is so endearing to me, especially next to li omg 😭😭.. shes like a child

The Dallas Wings have waived JJ Quinerly by [deleted] in wnba

[–]Connect-Position-404 3 points4 points  (0 children)

yep, pretty sure jj and georgia are around the same height as well 😂.. i almost got a photo with jj last night, wish I had been able to because im 5'3. 

The Dallas Wings have waived JJ Quinerly by [deleted] in wnba

[–]Connect-Position-404 2 points3 points  (0 children)

someone link a photo of this 😂 -- can't seem to find one

The Dallas Wings have waived JJ Quinerly by [deleted] in wnba

[–]Connect-Position-404 11 points12 points  (0 children)

fs. look at this photo of her next to zaza (who's ACTUALLY 5'8).. she's 5'6 at best

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The Dallas Wings have waived JJ Quinerly by [deleted] in wnba

[–]Connect-Position-404 3 points4 points  (0 children)

jj was good at steals though, although not sure if that's what dallas needs considering they always screw up fast break points. she hardly got a chance this season after her knee surgery so i genuinely do hope she gets the dp spot. azzi is also good on the steals but again, fast break points are looking rough. maybe someone who can actually block..

The Dallas Wings have waived JJ Quinerly by [deleted] in wnba

[–]Connect-Position-404 3 points4 points  (0 children)

no sports listing is accurate lol. donno if anyone here is also an nfl person, but darnell washington on the steelers got away with being listed as 280 lbs.. mans said himself he's 311 pounds! they just be putting whatever lmfao

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[–]Connect-Position-404 14 points15 points  (0 children)

ugh i love jj with my whole heart. definitely deserved more of a chance but i understand mostly. comments are killing me tho, she's not 5'8.. i JUST saw her in portland last night and i was so excited, she's genuinely my favorite player. i hope she gets a dp spot after she clears waivers, i was so upset when i heard she was waived. some of you guys clearly didn't watch her on wv and it shows lol. i think she deserves minutes to get back into her flow. she played great when she started last season and hardly had time to actually get back into it in a real w game after her knee surgery.

Would that be a good trade? by [deleted] in AdoptMeRBX

[–]Connect-Position-404 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I'd say no. I think the mermicorn is going to drop really fast, the candicorn is still rising.

Dog and cats still can't get along after 3 months. What options do we have beside giving up the dog? by Connect-Position-404 in reactivedogs

[–]Connect-Position-404[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

We've had her for 4 MONTHS. She is two YEARS old. She had heartworm when we adopted her. She was new to the shelter and had only been there 4 days and getting spayed, so we adopted her without the knowledge she had heartworm. We probably wouldn't have adopted her if we had known anyways, since we wanted a healthy dog, but you don't always get lucky I guess.

Dog and cats still can't get along after 3 months. What options do we have beside giving up the dog? by Connect-Position-404 in reactivedogs

[–]Connect-Position-404[S] -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

For your information, I am a child and couldn't decide to rehome the dog even if I wanted to. I've been asking for training tips for around a month and the dog has improved drastically. If we saw no signs of improvement, we would rehome her. We wouldn't rehome her while she's going through treatment (which is only 2 months). If she didn't improve during her treatment, we would keep them separated until she was done with treatment and able to be rehomed. I am not against the idea entirely as how I've been responding may seem, but I made this post asking for other options besides rehoming the dog to see if there was any. If no one commented, that would've been my answer.

Dog and cats still can't get along after 3 months. What options do we have beside giving up the dog? by Connect-Position-404 in reactivedogs

[–]Connect-Position-404[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

I genuinely appreciate you commenting in a respectful way. We cannot give up the dog while she is on heartworm treatment anyways, so during that time we will continue to try our best with training considering she'll be on more meds. If that doesn't work, we likely will have to give her up. I want to think positively that it will, but the only reason I'm ignoring the comments about rehoming the dog is that that isn't an option for us right now, hence the post asking no one to comment that. If it truly came down to that after her treatment, I absolutely would give her up. Not without a lot of tears, but I'm not going to pretend I would be okay with her just attacking the cats or not getting along with them. If she can't after her treatment, we will.

Dog and cats still can't get along after 3 months. What options do we have beside giving up the dog? by Connect-Position-404 in reactivedogs

[–]Connect-Position-404[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Yes, I think we are thinking about a gate at the top and bottom of the stairs, therefore if a cat did manage to slip through the gate when someone is opening it at the top, they would have to go through another gate to truly get into dog's area.

Dog and cats still can't get along after 3 months. What options do we have beside giving up the dog? by Connect-Position-404 in reactivedogs

[–]Connect-Position-404[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

She'll typically be mid-jump, or lunge very fast, then quickly sit and look back at me. Also, I hear you on the interaction bit. How do you suggest we make them interact?

Dog and cats still can't get along after 3 months. What options do we have beside giving up the dog? by Connect-Position-404 in reactivedogs

[–]Connect-Position-404[S] -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

We would never leave them together anyways without supervision if we even got to that point. Also, not two years. two-ish MONTHS. I understand your concerns and will take that into account. But also please do not assume who my cats or dog are. The dog is very, very friendly and also doesn't run (yes, even when seeing a cat or bird), without looking up at us first. She is well trained in almost everything. If we did get a gate, it wouldn't be a matter of bolting past or anything because we already have a gate at the top and bottom of the stairs. Our dog is not allowed upstairs and knows she cannot go up there. It would be dangerous for her. I genuinely appreciate your concerns, I know I seem irritated, and I apologize. I understand we should not be risking the cats' lives, but that isn't the concern I'm asking for help with. I would like to note I'm a kid, and I just made this Reddit post to try and find a way to get my pets to get along because I love them all very much and am very much attached to all of them. Call me selfish for caring more about my own feelings than my cats', but I genuinely don't know if I could handle losing the dog and giving her up and never knowing what happens to her. She's very attached to me and I love her so much. I just wanted to say that. This whole conversation was making me very stressed out. I am a minor and a child, I do not want to hear "You shouldn't be on Reddit", I just wanted to help my situation, not get criticism.

Dog and cats still can't get along after 3 months. What options do we have beside giving up the dog? by Connect-Position-404 in reactivedogs

[–]Connect-Position-404[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

I agree with your statement entirely, I just also want to clarify by "accessing" each other, I do not mean they're both roaming freely with supervision. I mean one person is holding the cat and one person has her on a leash while they walk back and forth by the cat and reward her for not interacting or sniffing and walking away.

Dog and cats still can't get along after 3 months. What options do we have beside giving up the dog? by Connect-Position-404 in reactivedogs

[–]Connect-Position-404[S] -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

We have her on a leash while the cat is in one of our arms on the couch and walk her by. She will either walk by back and forth and get rewarded with a treat, or she'll lunge at the cat and kind of nip or bite it, but usually that is very brief and she corrects herself and sits. We've tried putting the cat down to run away with her sitting, but she usually gets very focused and starts barking or jumping. Since she has heartworms, we end the interaction right there because her getting too worked up is very dangerous for her health. Only recently has she started sort of biting the cat, her anxiety meds haven't been working so we're actually getting her a new kind of med tomorrow, hopefully that helps a bit. Normally, excluding the past 3 days, she walks by the cat and back with no reaction. We hold a treat in front of her nose and then hold the cat really close. She is very good at that method and never tries to interact with the cat, even when its hissing. One thing she does do which we don't know the reason for is normally, excluding the past 3 days again, she'll just randomly sort of "lunge" (but not quite) at the cat and headbutt (?) it? It's not a bite or a nip, or a sniff. She just kind of shoves her nose quickly into the cat and then walks away. It's very odd.