You have all met Daisy, my neighbor's dog, who spends most of her time at our place.
I don't believe her owner is outright abusive to her, but I've always thought he was neglectful. Not of her physical needs--she has food, water and shelter, but of her emotional and social needs. He just doesn't see Daisy as a sentient being with needs beyond the physical. Daisy has found her own ways to meet those needs--mainly by hanging out with my dogs. She's a lovely girl and has never caused any trouble for me so I've never really complained. Plus if I b**ched too much and he chained her up or something, well, then she's even worse off, right?
Daisy always come by for dinner. I always toss her a chunk of meat over the fence. Wednesday night she was there for dinner. Then I think she left, but I'm not sure. When I went to take water to my dogs yesterday morning, Daisy was asleep by the gate. That kinda ticked me off! She'd been there for awhile as there was a round spot in the snow where she was sleeping. When I got home from work, she came racing down the driveway to meet me. Usually she's at the back gate, not out front. When I opened the gate, she pushed me out of her way and ran into the yard. She's never done that before. She always waits to be invited in to play.
Then she wouldn't leave. I tried 3 times to take her to the gate and let her out. Never been a problem before. She just follows me and goes. Last night she ran away from me, acted like she was afraid of me and just refused to go anywhere near the gate. So I asked Stuart what we should do and his response was "just leave her. Let's see if she causes any problems during the day tomorrow". He has apparently called her owner twice this week (about non-Daisy matters) and his calls haven't been returned.
So Daisy spent the night and was still in the yard this morning. She was happy as could be when I left, running around playing, being silly. Sleet put her in place once and that appeared to be the end of things. Daisy tried to get Sleet to wrestle. Sleet does not wrestle with anyone! No calls from her owner. If it was one of my dogs, I'd be out searching for her all night--at the very least I would have called the place she's most likely to be. Who cares what time it is???? If he does call, he's got some 'splaining to do before Daisy goes back. I'm thinking he might be away for the holidays, but then why didn't he arrange care for her?
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Originally Posted by chocolatepuppy
We all know that she'd be happier with your family than anywhere else in the world!
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