Haven't been on in over a week. I've had a very long week. I had to put down my Aussie puppy that I got last May. The one that I got to trial. Well since he was 4 months old we had been battling with severe fear of people. And in November at 7 months old it started turning into fear aggression. It was even to the point he couldn't even remember people that he lived with his whole life. The whole litter is having this issue, so it was 100% a genetic flaw in the line somewhere. But that doesn't make it feel any better. I truly know that it was for the best. It was like he was bipolar, and he would just snap, and it was like something just took him over, and there was no way of calming him down till he snapped back out of where ever he went in his head. It just sucks, because I worked so hard to fix him or help him manage, we were in 6 hours a week of training classes with behavorialist, and he would seem to be getting better and then snap and it would be worse then the last time. So he's now at peace, and not battling with whatever was in his head. Just totally sucks having to put down a 1 year old pup, and I just totally feel like a total failure with him. Was the hardest thing I think I ever done, I've put down very old dogs, and a few that was in the rescue that I used to help run, because of issues. But this had to be the hardest one. First off he was my baby, and I had so many high hopes for him, and I worked so hard to help him, and I just feel like a total failure, but he was just a baby, he was physically in perfect health, and its just really hard to know that he was really mentally ill. I so wish I could have placed him in another home. My home wasn't safe for him anymore, he actually bit my 4 year old on the face when he was sleeping. And he didn't recognize my husband after being gone for 6 days, and went after my husband. But there was no way to safely place him. He would aggressively bite the walls in dog crates if anyone he didn't know would walk by. And he had also flipped them over on a few occasions. Just by someone he didn't know or trust walking by, and it could be 20 feet away. So it was just the right thing to do, but totally sucks...
But in other news my chicks are doing awesome! I so can't wait for it to warm up a little more and they can go out in the baby pen for a few hours during the day in the grass... My daughter went to a birthday party in Lindon yesterday, and the people professionally bred bantams. And I guess this older gentleman, who goes by Rooster, didn't catch his name, but his sons name is Guy and he shows too. They had a few types of game bantams, RIR Bantams and OMG Bantam Brahama's. I want or totally need a bantam Brahama now, they are so dang adorable. But he had a great set up, and he even had Utah Poultry tags above all his show cages with numbers and such. I never knew that you could licenses or whatever with your chickens. I was in total AAWWEE... He also had the neatest pigeons too.
Guess I should lock up my dog, and go let my chicken TV out in the main yard for the morning. They have been out there yelling since 8:15 that they wanted out... Not like they don't have a huge enough run to themselves.. Silly girls...
I was really surprised to hear cheeping when I went in the check the humidity after church. DH said, "Yeah I thought I saw something this morning." News to me!
