It was nice to see some real mates over the last few days. Things with Deb and co. are not the best at the moment and I just can't wait to get Sock back out of there and back with me. She's not even being kept comfortable, I went over there yesterday and cut about 10 or 12 large matts out of her coat. Then Deb ended up saying that Sock was not actually my dog and they had right of recall on her whenever they wanted, "but, I wouldn't do that to you, you know that."
Yeah right. Why keep that stipulation if you're not keeping a card up your sleeve? It's horrible. If Sock is not actually my dog, why the hell is she registered to me? As I understood it, they had given the dog to me because she didn't fit in with their pack, and they weren't sure if they wanted to breed from her or not.
Now, just because she threw brown puppies, they are muttering about how Sock's not really mine. It's really fucking nasty and all I want to do is get my baby back off them as fast as possible. She won't even sell Sock to me, now. I'm really fucking upset about it but I can't do shit about it and I have to keep things civil between us until I get Sock back from them.
Fuck. I'm so fucking upset. Maybe I should just buy one of her puppies outright and give my baby back to them. I can't stand the uncertainty of "we can just take her back whenever... oh, but we wouldn't..."
Gmail
Hey I have a friend who wants to be invited to gmail. Does anyone know of someone who can do an invite? Send me a mail to phreq@stonesoup.co.nz, it'd be much appreciated.
He Can't Be Serious
Anyone who saw that debate between Helen Clark and Don Brash the other night will get a laugh out of this one:
After the debate, Dr Brash told reporters he restrained his attacks because Miss Clark was a woman.
"Well, I think it's not entirely appropriate for a man to aggressively attack a woman and I restrained myself for that reason," he said.
"Had the other combatant been a man my style might have been rather different. - herald.co.nz
He's basically saying he's too sexist to be a good debater. That doesn't bode well. He and Cullen will be having brawls on the floor of the Chamber next.
If she's registered in your name & you're paying the registration fee, Debs would probably have to show that she wasn't yours if it got nasty. It's difficult as you didn't pay for her, but given that they have let you register her and I'm guessing aren't paying for her upkeep or vets bills etc, then they'd have a hard time proving she belonged to them.
Keep smiling baby.
Posted by: Emba at August 23, 2005 12:44 PMJust so people know, I've sent Phreq a gmail invite.
Posted by: mundens at August 23, 2005 03:15 PMWhat a bitchy thing to say! That's horrible. You are supposed to get one of the puppies (to keep or sell) out of this, right? Maybe you just shouldn't accept one and claim Sock instead.
Posted by: giffy at August 24, 2005 09:08 AMGlad you got the package *hugs*
Posted by: Jenni at August 24, 2005 10:36 AMAh, that's how the argument started. I said, I'm going to get the cost of one of the pups, right? And she said, no, that was never in the agreement! Sock was a free dog that we let you have in the understanding that we can breed from her and take her back anytime we like.
That was *NOT* the agreement. She wanted to get rid of Sock because Sock was a pain in the ass. So I took Sock, and Deb said that we'd breed from her if she ever settled down. The stud-dog provider gets a puppy/cost from the litter for doing nothing, but apparently, having Sock for a year, feeding her, nuturing her through the pregnancy and making sure the vet bills were NIL, as well as losing my dog for a month and half, are all just part of what I should be happy to pay to have Sock.
I asked her if I could buy Sock outright from them. Her answer: No, not at all. You can't buy her.
The worst thing about this is
a) nothing was in writing
b) they made an EXTRA $1000 on this litter because 4 of the pups are brown. Extra - $750 instead of $500 each. And yet they still can't see their way to giving me $500.
c) I have to be nice and civil and everything until I can get Sock back. Then I will reassess our relationship.
You know what else fucks me off? Every time Deb and I disagree about something, she leaves the room mid-conversation and sends her husband in to finish the argument. She *knows* very well that I find arguing with men extremely intimidating, and this guy is like a bloody steamroller.
It's a really sneaky way to conduct a disagreement with a mate, deliberately playing on their fears. Maybe I should just get one of my male friends to talk to him. That way, neither of the original parties are actually present, so the debate can be even more meaningful.