Need to Vent!

How many times to I have to bitch about the fact you never follow through with anything when it comes to me? You say you'll do something, you say you'll change, you say you'll put more of an effort into us but it's always the same thing over and over. "I don't want to," "I'm tired," "I have to study," "School is the most important thing in my life right now." Then why in the hell did we get married? I come from a place where friends and family come first. They come before work, before school, before anything. I thought marriage was about making sacrifices, about putting the other person before yourself. It's been almost three years and you still put yourself and your own goals and aspirations before mine. I followed you across the country for your dream. When will I get the chance to pursue mine? When will you finally follow through on something you told me that you would definitely do almost a year ago and to this day still haven't? When will you put me before yourself?

Trouble in the Homestead

So what do you do when you have 5 dogs - 3 girls, 2 boys - and the 2 boys don't get along? In the past three weeks my two boy dogs have gotten into 2 fights. My wife's hands and my hands found the end of teeth in the most recent altercation. I have a couple of holes in my thumb and scratches on my arms and side, she has a couple holes in her hand and scratches who knows where.

This "event" has her really upset. We are both finally coming to the realization that one or both of them is going to have be put up for adoption or put down. We haven't talked about it yet. She had to go to school this morning for her large animal rotation. I have plans to go bowling at noon, which I'm not sure if I'm going to be able to do since my thumb is now injured. So, sometime today well get around to making a decision.

I love both of my dogs. We've had Taz since January of 2002, he's 7 years old. We adopted him from the Scott County Animal Shelter in Kentucky. Of his siblings he was the one who crawled into my lap and fell asleep. I was immediately in love. Not to mention one of the girl dogs, Akira, is completely attached to him. He's a great watch dog, sometimes a little too good as the incessant barking gets really old sometime. On the flip side he's a lover too. He'll be your best friend once he gets to know you, and he'd never intentionally bite a person.

Dex is similar in a lot of ways. We've had him since March of 2007, he's 2 years old and I'm the only reason he's probably still alive. I found him walking down the street as a puppy. He had skin problems, and was super skinny. I coaxed him into my arms with a banana, brought him home, and the rest is history. He's also a fantastic watch dog, better than Taz. He's much more intimidating upon approach. He's probably the biggest "cuddler" we have and when he's happy he smiles at you. However, he has bitten me.

The problem is that both of these dogs think that he's alpha dog, and neither one will back down from the other one. 98% of the time they're fine together. They've even been known to lick on one another, clean the other, and even play together. Ever since we brought Bella, the new puppy home, they haven't been getting along very well.

I don't know what to do. I want to keep my family, my pack, in tact, but I nor Ally can keep breaking up fights, patching up wounds and risk getting more scars ourselves. What happens in the future when we have a baby in the mix? I want my kids to grow up with dogs and love them like Ally and I do but I'm not willing risk my child getting in the middle of a fight between my dogs. A choice has to be made and action needs to be taken.

Obama keeps his "Crackberry"

I just watched an interesting story about the President of the United States. Obama is the first President in America to carry a Blackberry, but only after the White House administration found ways around privacy laws and security. Even though he gets to keep the device he will have limited access while using it. Now, I'm not quite sure what that limited access will be restricted to but I do find it a little ironic. Ironic that the most powerful man in the free world is limited to he can and cannot do while using something as simple as a Blackberry device. I understand that there is a matter of security and I also understand that there are laws in place, such as the Presidential Records Act, which makes all official records of the President and Vice President public information. What I can't seem to wrap my head around is the fact that Barack Obama is now the boss of practically everyone in Washington but his "employees" are telling him what he can and can't have. Just strange I guess.

Here are the links to what I watched:
http://tinyurl.com/cdb7wd
http://tinyurl.com/blnuzh