I need advice! My mother in law is going to get a Maltese puppy, but she is the WORST pet owner I know.?

What should I do???


I'm a huge animal lover and I don't want to see this puppy end up like her last dog.


Nakita, her old pomeranian; died from ignorance. She tied her to a tree outside, last winter, with no food or shelter and it was raining. Nakita tangled herself up and stray dog came up and mangled her. The woman didn't even care.


Right now she has no time to care for such a high maintenance dog, with college and work.


This woman can't even care for herself. I asked her why she wanted the dog and she replied: ';Don't you think I'd look cute walking around with a Paris Hilton puppy, all the guys would love me and think I'm so adorable.';


She's self absorbed,and quite ugly. Not to be mean, but she is.


That is the only reason why she's getting this puppy, to make herself look good. Not to love and care for it. That's cruel!





I'm sorry if I seem selfish, I just don't want this puppy to get hurt.


What should I do if she gets the poor creature?


Please help me save this puppy's life!I need advice! My mother in law is going to get a Maltese puppy, but she is the WORST pet owner I know.?
You're not the one that sounds selfish, she is the one that sounds selfish. Regardless of how attractive she looks, according to what you say, a puppy is not going to make her have a better personality. Which is what she is in dire need of.





You've not mentioned, how's your husband (her son) taking all this? You are in a percarious situation, for if you are critical of her, it could be mistaken that you are critical of him. He'll (your husband) will feel the need to come to her defense when it's the unwitting animal that is in need of protection.





No matter how you cut it, you'll end up looking like the evil one here, not her. So I say tread carefully and recommend strongly that she get a fish.





Should she get the puppy and you see evidence of mistreatment, you can make an anonymous call to the local humane society and report her, however you'll need to keep your mouth shut about how she treats the dog or else it won't be difficult to put two and two together to figure out that you were the one to make the call.





Good luck.I need advice! My mother in law is going to get a Maltese puppy, but she is the WORST pet owner I know.?
Take your mother in law to the dog pound and leave her!
She is definitely the worst pet owner that I've heard of too, besides, to be a pet owner, you have to love your pet and give it care. Well, she is a mean person, and I don't agree with her when she said that she'd look cute with the puppy, I think that she'd look horrible, besides, even if a man did start to like her, I think that he'd hate her if he found out that she does this to dogs, especially little pomeranians, even though they bark a whole lot. Getting a puppy has to take a bunch of love, more than a adult dog needs, since she only wants to get this puppy to make her look good, I think shw shouldn't exist. Also, does she even feed it? You should record her every day with a camera or with something and show the tapes to the ASPCA, but the thing is she might go in jail, which might be a bad idea.





She can make herself looke good, but to make her look good, she has to give care, what kind of person would think that she is cute when she starves her own pet, it would look skinny and probably ugly if it's fur is messy too.All people should know that pets will do what their owners want if they get treated the same way they treat their owners.





SHE IS CRUEL, JUST LIKE YOU SAID, SO I'M ON YOUR TEAM, NOT YOUR MOTHER IN LAW'S!!!
Put your local animal control or SPCA's phone number on speed dial. Check your local laws to see what is considered ';animal cruelty';. In many places, tieing a dog out in inclement (too hot or too cold) weather with no shelter or food for long periods is considered ';cruelty'; and you can call animal control about it. They will remove the dog from the situation and fine your MIL. She will likely not be able to get the dog back.





You can't stop her from getting the dog, but you can wait patiently until the inevitable moment comes when she breaks the law regarding the dog. At that moment, use your handly speed dial number and have the dog taken away. If your local animal control facility is high-kill, also put the number for your local breed rescue or no-kill rescue on speed dial and inform them as soon as the dog is taken by animal control, so they can go rescue the dog from the AC facility.





Here where I live, though, that's not necessary. The shelters are low-kill and little dogs like a Maltese only stay in the shelter for a few hours before being adopted, there's such a high demand for tiny dogs, puppies especially.
Mother in laws don't listen anyways. So I would just give up so your blood pressure doen't rise.
One of my closest friends was a terrible pet owner. She did not treat her dog properly -- poor diet, never any exercise, let it pee all over her house and the poor dog had a terrible skin condition. She let her cat die of a urinary blockage. I knew the cat was going to die and I wanted to take him to the emergency vets. Of course, you can't do those things as you are not the owner. She never gave her animals any veterinary care.





I loved this friend very much and she was always picking up ';cute'; baby animals. It was very hard on me as an animal lover and one who had had training in the proper way to treat animals.
I don't care how close you are to the pet owner or how much you love/hate them... you do what you know and feel is right. Family or not, that is just cruel what happened to her last dog! Make sure you keep an eye out for the dog and if she gets neglectful, report it or just take it. Although it may not be your place, it's either that or let it suffer later. Animal control may be the way to go as well. You can report anonymously I think. Good luck to you and keep us posted!
Wow, if all this is true...Well, you can try to talk her out of it, but it seems like she's made up her mind. My advice would be that at the first sign of mistreatment to the dog she gets, call the cops on her. I'm suprise the law did not get involved the first time.
Report her to the SPCA.
Well, in my opinion, you have two options. Either you take care of the dog all the time until she wants to show it off, or wait until she shows neglect, get proof (good, clear pics. work best) , then report her. Find a good animal center that you can report her to, that will remove the animal and take care of it well if need be. I know it sounds harsh, but you and your mother-in-law could get over it, if it escalated to a fight between you two. But the dog is a helpless animal, and can't get over such abuse and neglect so easily. Do what you think is right for the dog, even if it came down to sacrificing your relationship with your mother-in-law in exchange for the dog's life.
I agree that your mother-in-law has no business with a pet of any sort. Especially not if she thinks it will 'enhance her image'.





I don't know how you can keep her from getting the dog in the first place, but you can watch and the instant something goes wrong call the Humane Society.
report her to the spca. they'll take care of it. by the way, you're not selfish-you're just trying to save the puppy. i just so happen to be a dog lover myself. it really is cruel of her.
You're a good person to care so much, and she's horrible to use a poor little puppy to puff up her own image. Talk to your husband. Tell him how much this bothers you and let him know that what she's doing can be approached with legal action and that perhaps she should be warned of that. Maybe he can help you talk her out of getting the dog in the first place. Of course, maybe that's little unrealistic and you don't want to get your husband on your bad side, but something needs to be done. Good luck and tread carefully.
report her ... you don't have to give your name
Although i don't think you can stop her from getting one, You CAN report her *** at the first sign of abuse.
oh poor thing. there's not much you can do,unless you want to report her animals should not be treated that way at all this is really sad.
If you live in a big enough town, there should be an animal shelter or even a pound that you can report her to if you see anything happening. Get a video camera %26amp; start taping the things that she's doing, if you see the dog tied up every day, record it , and so on. This way, you have a case against her. You could also go to her house %26amp; take the puppy when she's not there. It will bond with you %26amp; hopefully, she'll end up not liking it. Maybe you'll be able to take it %26amp; give it a great home.
I say you take it and let her see it every once and while poor last dog that was cruel
There is nothing you can do ';legally';...I'm sorry...Maybe you could have her son talk some sense into her, or maybe you can offer to watch the dog while she's away....





HeartsWithFur
either this is a put-on or , to be honest, you are nearly as clueless as your mother in law.





When she tied her last dog to a tree (last winter) with no food????? and no shelter????? in the rain!? and it got ';mangled' by a stray - What did you do then?





If you didn't call the authorities when she did all that to her last dog, why worry about what you 'might' do when she abuses this one?





You're either putting us on or clueless. Not to be mean, but you are.
ask her if you can visit alot and help take care of the dog ask if the dog can stay at your house some that way it will get plenty of love and attention from you and ask her to really think before she gets the dog if shes going to have anoffe time for it animals aspeshally dogs need alot of attintion cats too