Is AUTHOR wrong in the post ? POST : just to note here, i’m still a kid, i’m unemployed because no where around here is hiring 15 yr olds for work. plus i have really bad mental health issues that prevent me from working at the moment.

anyways, i have no money, and i don’t have the skills or experience to fix the fence, or buy a tarp and/or an actual tether, or a shock collar, or anything. but since i’m the one who actually gives a genuine damn about the dog, all these problems go to me. 

so back to the problem at hand, my dad gave me the sheet about the complaint, then when i confronted him and suggested options, he said “just watch her” like i don’t whenever i can, and she still gets out. i can’t see her half the time since she goes out a lot at night and the backyard light sucks and she’s a black colour. it’s difficult.

a big section of our fence was blown down during a snow storm and my dad has given every excuse under the sun about not fixing it, yet i know he’s too damn lazy to do anything about it. and i know it’s also because he doesn’t care about the dog enough to spend the money. it’s to the point that he turns me down every time i ask if he can take her to the vet to get her checked up, possibly get her some vaccines, etc..

i can’t walk her all the time either. she also despises getting walked during winter (because of all the ice and the salt) despite getting out of the yard all the time. my dad walks her sometimes but bailey really isn’t walked as much as she should during this time of year and i try my best but she will vehemently refuse to the point she tries to get her collar off. i try my best.

she doesn’t mind leaving the house, and doesn’t hesitate to bark in excitement when we say “wanna go for a ride in the car” but she just does not like to go for a walk once we clip on the leash.

i can’t confront my dad outside of texting about it because i know i’ll get angry (a trait i got from him), and he’ll get angry, and then i’ll say smth (like i’ll call him an asshole or something stupid like that) and he might hurt me, or try to take my phone. so that’s a no go.

anyways, bailey is a pretty anxious dog, from my dad being an angry asshole all her life or just her general personality or whatever, she’s kindve dog aggressive. she gets anxious and antsy and snaps kinda easily when a dog sniffs at her for a couple seconds. she’s nice to a couple dogs (fortunately) but i try my best to show her i can protect her because i know i would literally die for this dog.

if we don’t fix this problem, i’m scared one day she’ll either snap at a dog, and/or hurt them and i don’t want her to get into trouble and i don’t want another dog to get hurt because of my negligence. also, if we keep getting complaints, humane services can take her away, since she’s violating the animal control regulation in my city.

sorry if this isn’t explained well, i’m just,, frazzled and upset at the moment. i also will accept any judgement and will answer questions. sorry this is long. 