Oh, and about calling the pound about the dog. husband thinks difficult child is just bluffing, trying to make me feel guilty. He's probably right.
I am beginning to love that little pooch, but I think trying to rescue it is just asking for more entanglement in difficult child's skewed little world. The dog is HER responsibility, not mine. If she asks me again to take the pup, I will, but I don't think I'll be calling all the dog pounds to hunt it down.