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[bckrazy]

Honestly, I have nothing to say. He's a very cute boy... but it is painful to see this again & again.

I'm sorry, in advance. But, let's be honest here - How is it that you cannot afford cat food for Skye or better dog food for Lily & Roxy, or you don't have enough time to walk Roxy more often, but you can afford to keep buying Bettas & doing daily water changes? $5 here and there, $10 here and there for tanks and for water treatments and food, $20 here and there for a hamster and it's cage ADDS UP to money you could've spent on the pets that you orginally had... and you admit need more care & attention.

Please stop. It is not fair to your current pets, or your new pets. I would *never* have ventured into Bettas unless I had more than enough time & resources for my dogs, I would sell every last one of my Bettas in a second if I felt my dogs were not as healthy, happy & fed the best food possible. You need to start considering that, and act more responsibly, in my opinion.

[buttercup132]

Honestly, I have nothing to say. He's a very cute boy... but it is painful to see this again & again.

I'm sorry, in advance. But, let's be honest here - How is it that you cannot afford cat food for Skye or better dog food for Lily & Roxy, or you don't have enough time to walk Roxy more often, but you can afford to keep buying Bettas & doing daily water changes? $5 here and there, $10 here and there for tanks and for water treatments and food, $20 here and there for a hamster and it's cage ADDS UP to money you could've spent on the pets that you orginally had... and you admit need more care & attention.

Please stop. It is not fair to your current pets, or your new pets. I would *never* have ventured into Bettas unless I had more than enough time & resources for my dogs, I would sell every last one of my Bettas in a second if I felt my dogs were not as healthy, happy & fed the best food possible. You need to start considering that, and act more responsibly, in my opinion.

DITTO DITTO DITTO!!!!!

[Flatcoatluver]

Honestly, I have nothing to say. He's a very cute boy... but it is painful to see this again & again.

I'm sorry, in advance. But, let's be honest here - How is it that you cannot afford cat food for Skye or better dog food for Lily & Roxy, or you don't have enough time to walk Roxy more often, but you can afford to keep buying Bettas & doing daily water changes? $5 here and there, $10 here and there for tanks and for water treatments and food, $20 here and there for a hamster and it's cage ADDS UP to money you could've spent on the pets that you orginally had... and you admit need more care & attention.

Please stop. It is not fair to your current pets, or your new pets. I would *never* have ventured into Bettas unless I had more than enough time & resources for my dogs, I would sell every last one of my Bettas in a second if I felt my dogs were not as healthy, happy & fed the best food possible. You need to start considering that, and act more responsibly, in my opinion.

Thank you, I feel sorry for your dogs and Skye. Poor girls. Yes you love bettas, but this is pushing it. Isn't Roxy yours? Shouldn't you care for her because she is your baby and she depends on you? One is a lot of bettas when you are low on money.

[zoomer]

He's really cool! I love his coloring.

[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.

[Roxyluvsme13]

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.

[bckrazy]

"I literally don't have the time to spend crate training her..."

But you do have the time to post 15+ times on Pet Talk per day? You mentioned that Roxy's weight is erratic, as well as her teeth & overall health being poor. I'm just the type that gets easily concerned when, one minute you act like there is a HUGE problem here and people are pouring out 10 pages of information & answers for you, spending tons of time... then the next minute it is down-played as nothing, and you're doing nothing wrong, and your Mom is the only one to blame.

"I'm tired of the kibble crap. It's gross and it's destroying my babies."

Please print this out and put it on the fridge or something for your Mom: http://dogfoodproject.com/index.php?page=costfactors

I'm done with this. I hope you are trying, at least. You aren't a child, honestly, I was taking care of Gonzo as a puppy when I was 13... that includes paying for premium kibble, even if I did not have to, because I earned money. And you *should* be able to change some things about how YOUR pets are kept. You are 4 years away from being an adult. Honestly. If you choose to acquire more Bettas or spawn them, I can't promise that won't basically make me sick.

[Roxyluvsme13]

I already said nothing's going to change my mom's mind, and I don't see why nobody gets that through their head. If you want to tell my mom all this stuff then that's fine with me, but I've done everything I possibly can.