Quote Originally Posted by bckrazy
Honestly, Briana, I do not want to argue with you! But when you are constantly posting about how crappy Roxy's food is, how crappy her health is, how much you hate her being outside, etc, etc... why wouldn't some of us be concerned? 7 Bettas *do* make a difference. Being at least $15/Betta, including tanks & such, that is over $100. And, I know that I spends hours on WC's, and you do too.

I'm sorry... but one short walk "usually" is sad. It is. You can't expect that to be mentally or physically satisfying for your dog. And you've admitted that. It just gets old when you complain a lot (and I totally understand why you're complaining), but it seems like nothing is getting done! I can only go by what you've told me, and that doesn't settle well with me, I apologize for caring. I just feel, that if you put in the hour per day instead of feeding/staring at/cleaning fish tanks, and put that into your dogs it would benefit them greatly. Or helping out around your house. Or buying a crate so Roxy can sleep indoors. =( It's sad that you just feel "we are not doing a very good job" trying to convince you to dedicate more time, effort, & money to your current pets before adding more to your life. IMO, we shouldn't have to convince you, and you are making up excuses and turning a deaf ear to what you don't want to hear.
Her health is basically fine, seeing as she has no joint, hip, eye, problems, it's just her teeth, but I'm working on that. I've never spent $15 per betta supplies.. Things are really cheap around here. The most I've spent on ONE betta was $12 + $4.99 tank, $1.99 plant, but I got that as a birthday present from my dad. I never spend hours on water changes either.. . It only takes me about 20 minutes or so. I don't have a choice of walking Roxy every single day, because we would both get heat stroke on some days, and I do have medical problems where somedays I can't walk. As said, I never ever spend an hour staring at, cleaning, or feeding the fish. I mean hey it's only 7. I do help out around the house. Even if Roxy had a crate my mom wouldn't let her sleep inside. She would cry all night, and I literally don't have the time to spend crate training her, AND she chews through them. She gets stressed and panics in a crate.. I think she's had bad crate experiences before we adopted her. The reason you're not doing a good job is because as I've said and I'll say again, my mom's never going to change her mind. Roxy is basically housetrained (I've just learned so recently), She's a good dog, and she has manners, but that doesn't phase my mom one single bit. She always says Roxy is meant to be an outside dog, she has fleas and she stinks.
I even offered to give her a bath, and buy her a crate, but I'm not allowed to. I'm not making up excuses, it's just the honest truth. . aND I'm also listening to every single word typed in this thread, but my mom's never going to change her mind.