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Angry and Depressed
I am so angry and depressed.
Yesterday morning, at 7 am, that is a LOUD knock on our door. It is our awful neighbor, the one who kept her cat chained up indoors for years and let it slowly die from feleuk in her home :-( The one who kept her dog chained up outside for days without adequate anything, until I called the Humane Society on her. The one who lately complained to the landlord (for the second time) about me leaving out food and water dishes for stray cats. That one. She is with a man from across the street, who claims Sadie, the white kitten, is his. He describes her, and DH has no choice but to go get her and return her to him. He has three cats, none of them fixed. The kitten belongs to his other white cat. I have seen his Russian Blue on my porch, standing on ice, looking sick and miserable, during the coldest night of this winter. When this kitten and the others were born, our former neighbors talked to them and tried to help when mama cat didn't nurse. Would they take cat and kittens to vet? No. We have tried nicely to explain to them that, on this busy street, they need to keep the cats indoors. Do they? No. I try to do the right thing, thinking this kitten is a stray, only to find out she belongs to irresponsible owners. And I have no choice but to return her. One day, I expect to see her dead in the street. I am heartsick. And angry. My awful neighbor knows DH works second shift. She didn't have to wake us up at 7 am. She didn't have to pound so loud on the door, loud enough the entire neighborhood probably heard her. She had no business being on my porch in the first place, saying to the man (as DH overheard), "She fancies herself a rescuer, but doesn't even put food in the dish". !? Yeah, it was empty, because the strays and wanderers had eaten it when I put it out that early morning at 4 am. And isn't she the one complaining about me putting food out in the first place? I am beginning to hate my neighborhood. I am sick of this particular abusive, neglectful neighbor. I am tired of irresponsible cat owners. And I am so sorry for little Sadie, and the life that she will have, and that I couldn't change that for her and make it better. A very tired and depressed, Ginger-lyn |
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Ginger-lyn Summer wrote:
And I am so sorry for little Sadie, and the life that she will have, and that I couldn't change that for her and make it better. A very tired and depressed, Ginger-lyn Perhaps if you offered to buy Sadie for a modest fee? Say, $15. If they really don't care, they'll scoff up the $$ and let you take care of the sweet baby. Jill |
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Ginger-lynn, I'm sorry you are angry and depressed. You have done all you
can possibly do. I'm sorry your neighbor is such a ****. If you can't move out of the neighborhood, there really isn't much you can do more than what you have. I know that isn't much consolation, but we know you have tried and God knows you have tried. Please don't get yourself sick over this. It's a sad situation, but you have to take care of yourself too. My main concern is right now is you. Please know you are in my thoughts and prayers, and all the little kitties and dogs that live in your part of the world. God always remembers. Lydia -- Irulan from the stars we came, to the stars we return from now until the end of time "Ginger-lyn Summer" wrote in message ... I am so angry and depressed. Yesterday morning, at 7 am, that is a LOUD knock on our door. It is our awful neighbor, the one who kept her cat chained up indoors for years and let it slowly die from feleuk in her home :-( The one who kept her dog chained up outside for days without adequate anything, until I called the Humane Society on her. The one who lately complained to the landlord (for the second time) about me leaving out food and water dishes for stray cats. That one. She is with a man from across the street, who claims Sadie, the white kitten, is his. He describes her, and DH has no choice but to go get her and return her to him. He has three cats, none of them fixed. The kitten belongs to his other white cat. I have seen his Russian Blue on my porch, standing on ice, looking sick and miserable, during the coldest night of this winter. When this kitten and the others were born, our former neighbors talked to them and tried to help when mama cat didn't nurse. Would they take cat and kittens to vet? No. We have tried nicely to explain to them that, on this busy street, they need to keep the cats indoors. Do they? No. I try to do the right thing, thinking this kitten is a stray, only to find out she belongs to irresponsible owners. And I have no choice but to return her. One day, I expect to see her dead in the street. I am heartsick. And angry. My awful neighbor knows DH works second shift. She didn't have to wake us up at 7 am. She didn't have to pound so loud on the door, loud enough the entire neighborhood probably heard her. She had no business being on my porch in the first place, saying to the man (as DH overheard), "She fancies herself a rescuer, but doesn't even put food in the dish". !? Yeah, it was empty, because the strays and wanderers had eaten it when I put it out that early morning at 4 am. And isn't she the one complaining about me putting food out in the first place? I am beginning to hate my neighborhood. I am sick of this particular abusive, neglectful neighbor. I am tired of irresponsible cat owners. And I am so sorry for little Sadie, and the life that she will have, and that I couldn't change that for her and make it better. A very tired and depressed, Ginger-lyn |
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"lrulan" had some very interesting things to say
about Angry and Depressed: Perhaps if you offered to buy Sadie for a modest fee? Say, $15. If they really don't care, they'll scoff up the $$ and let you take care of the sweet baby. Hey, that's a thought! Ginger-lynn, ask your neighbor how much she wants for Sadie. I'm sure we can all contribute, hell I'll send you $20 towards buying her if some other people can help. How about it folks? What worries me here is that this bimbo would turn right around, get another cat [doesn't she already have several more?], and turn this into a business. Maybe I'm just cynical today [doing tax returns can have that effect on a person]. -- "The universe is quite robust in design and appears to be doing just fine on its own, incompetent support staff notwithstanding. :-)" - the Dennis formerly known as (evil), MCFL |
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And I am so sorry for little Sadie, and the life that she will have,
and that I couldn't change that for her and make it better. A very tired and depressed, Ginger-lyn Ginger-lyn, I know your frustration, and I am so sorry. You are such a kind-hearted person. I stole a cat once. It was unethical, illegal and underhanded. But I did it. I couldn't bear to see what was most assuredly going to happen down the road. I wish I had some magic words for you. I'll send all the purrs we have though. Sherry |
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Hey, that's a thought! Ginger-lynn, ask your neighbor how much she wants for
Sadie. I'm sure we can all contribute, hell I'll send you $20 towards buying her if some other people can help. How about it folks? Lydia (Jazz's mama) Put me down for $25. Just e-mail me where to send it. Sherry |
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On Sat, 6 Mar 2004 16:13:44 -0600, "jmcquown"
wrote: Ginger-lyn Summer wrote: And I am so sorry for little Sadie, and the life that she will have, and that I couldn't change that for her and make it better. A very tired and depressed, Ginger-lyn Perhaps if you offered to buy Sadie for a modest fee? Say, $15. If they really don't care, they'll scoff up the $$ and let you take care of the sweet baby. Jill Sorry, guess I'm still royally p*ssed at my own neighbors. I sent off my first reply without even thinking to send purrs for Sadie. It sure would be nice if you could convince YOUR nitwit neighbors to let you have or buy Sadie. Unfortunately, this won't help in the long run if those neighbors refuse to neuter. In my case, the neighbors have the idea that it's somehow cruel to neuter. They were upset when I suggested it - money wasn't an issue, since we have a non-profit group that does low cost neuters and I offered to help pay. Heck, it only costs $18 to neuter a tom. -- Steve Touchstone, faithful servant of Sammy, Little Bit and Rocky [remove Junk for email] Home Page: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/index.html Cat Pix: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/animals.html |
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