Praying for Misty's Rescue....(long)
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| Wed, 08-18-2004 - 11:55pm |
Do you remember my story about the Sheltie Misty who needs a new home? I hope it's ok to post about a dog on the cats board....I just feel in need of my friends here after hearing about this afternoon.....
(I'm sorry this is a novel) I feel absolutely awful for my friend Marianne. It's her DIL (Michelle) who's getting rid of Misty. I went through lots of effort to research and contact various rescue organizations on her dog's behalf. I finally got an offer today from the Minnesota Sheltie Rescue, and they even said they'd have a pilot come down at the end of the month and fly the dog from Omaha to Minneapolis since the dog's owner won't drive her there. They were soooo nice & compassionate. I got a call from Marianne tonight, and she was crying. Her son (who's married to this DIL with the dog) just got sent to Iraq for 18 months. She and her DIL (Michelle) should be supporting each other during this difficult time. Michelle is 2 months pregnant and she asked Marianne two years ago to quit her job and babysit her now 2 year old child (Marianne's granddaughter) full-time for $100 a week. That was the agreement. Marianne gave up her job and has been watching her granddaughter Alissa ever since. Michelle totally takes advantage of her. She'll drop off Alissa whenever she wants to shop or whatever in addition to the times she works as a nurse. Marianne loves Alissa so she didn't mind. It has put a burden on Marianne & her DH, though, since it took up most of her time, and she was getting paid a lot less than she did on her job, so financially they have become strained. I could not believe that just one week after Alissa had to say goodbye to her father (who is now being trained for his time in Iraq) that Michelle traumatized the poor girl today. I am thinking she's mentally unstable. I arranged for a Sheltie rescue contact from Lincoln (an hour away) to drive to Omaha to meet Michelle & her dog Misty today to discuss her being rescued. (Michelle is giving up the dog since she doesn't have the patience to care for it, and she claims the dog "nipped" at her daughter once). Michelle told the guy to show up at Marianne's house for some weird reason. Then she literally went ballistic on Marianne and was yelling and creating a scene so the neighbors could hear. She was mad at Marianne and claimed $100 a week was "ripping her off" and that daycare would never cost so much. What planet is she from? Marianne babysits a minimum of 33 hours a week. That's barely $3.00 an hour! I do not believe for one minute that ANY daycare would charge that little or less. Marianne gave her grandchild love, attention, meals, clothes, toys, etc. all for $100 a week. Michelle is jealous now since Marianne's other son just had a baby boy and wanted her to watch him a day or two a week also. Michelle got mad over this and claimed she would be charged more than the other grandchild. She said she'd only pay $50 a week now. Marianne said she can't afford to do that, and would need to go get a job again and could no longer babysit full-time. Michelle called her a b%$&! Michelle shouted she would never see her grandchild (or the one that's on the way) ever again. She did this all in front of poor Alissa! Alissa was crying (as was Marianne) and she was saying "I love you Grandma!!!" as Michelle dragged her out of the house. Then the poor rescue contact was there waiting forever in his car and probably was wondering what was going on. Michelle refused to ask him inside Marianne's house where he could sit down comfortably, but made him sit with her & the dog & her daughter on the grass under a tree! This went on for 3 hours while he interviewed her. I can only imagine what he thought. He never e-mailed me tonight, so I guess I'm going to be forced to let God handle this one. I tried to help her dog, and now it's up to God, Michelle, and the rescue people. I fear Michelle, being so impatient, will just drop the dog off at the Humane Society since she doesn't want to wait until the end of August for the pilot to have a chance to fly down and get Misty. I am just stunned by how awful this woman is. She is the daughter-in-law from hell. She rubbed salt in the wound by then saying if her husband dies in Iraq, it's all Marianne's fault. (Someone get this girl a straight jacket!). She was implying that because of the $100 "burden" a week that he was forced to re-enlist in the national guard. Totally "out there" isn't she? I am praying tonight for Alissa and for Misty to not be hurt mentally or physically by this unstable woman. I can't believe people would subject their own small children to such outbursts. Thanks for listening. I had no one else to talk to about this and I was in shock when she called and told me this had happened. I just want this sweet dog to have a happy life and get rescued.
Hugs,
Suzy


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What a total psycho!
Thank you so much Cat.
Thanks Chris....I sure will!
Hugs,
Suzy
What a mess now.
Suzy
Hugs & Sweet Dreams,
Suzy
Oh Boy from the sounds of it the dog sure will be better off to find a new home.
Thank you Jane!
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