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<blockquote data-quote="Nature" data-source="post: 689699" data-attributes="member: 19011"><p>Update:</p><p></p><p>Again I thank each and every one of you for your words of support and kind thoughts. I also admit I was a little taken back as I don't see myself as coping that well with a lot of things that have come my way but currently as a result of 4 life altering incidents involving family I have to focus mainly on my sister at this time.</p><p></p><p>Once again, I returned from having spent the last 4 days at her home. I did clean and start to paint, took care of her animals, and generally was feeling I was doing something productive when another crisis arose. For those of you that don't know my sister lives on that remote mountain property alone and takes care of numerous abused animals. A few weeks ago 2 large dogs appeared (Caine Corso's) and killed many of her animals . The owners begged her not to inform authorities and against her better judgement they promised not to ever allow those dogs to escape again and she didn't report it. I didn't agree with her but also having my own sanctuary I understood the turmoil she felt at not wanting any more deaths (should those dogs be euthanized) but told her those dogs should never be allowed to escape especially living in farm country and that other animals may be at risk. Ironically she has three large dogs of her own but were in her home at the time. One is a Pitbull who lives harmoniously with other animals and I too have one rescue that also lives with my host of smaller creatures. Each of us understand the bias of BSL (breed specific legislation). However, I couldn't convince her that these dogs were very dangerous as they killed all her sheep (which were her pets) with such wanton aggression they put all animals on that mountain at risk. I couldn't convince her otherwise.</p><p></p><p>Sat morning her old dog whined to be let out (the younger ones were in a boarding kennel as my sister is still in the hospital) and as I had my hand on the door I saw through the glass - those dogs- attacking her Llama! Without thinking I raced out and I realize now how dangerous that situation was but I heard the LLama screaming and reacted. I roared, growled, picked up a big log and was swinging while the dogs were leaping at the LLama's throat. I realize I was not only trying to protect the Llama which I've gown very attached to but also my sister whose health had severely declined since the last incident. The larger male kept circling and leaping at the LLama while the female seemed to be intimated by my sounds. I threw the log at the dog and picked up a fence board and was swinging it. I do understand enough about animal behaviour as I use to educate the public long ago about dogs for the Humane Society. I know that people and animal aggression are two different things and these dogs were not people aggressive but were initially bred to take down large game. These dogs were not suitable at all to be in the owners hands in an area full of farm animals and allowed to get out. They had promised my sister they would build a fence to contain them. After aprox 15 mins (what seemed like an eternity) I realized with increasing fear that the male was becoming agitated by my presence to get at his target and I became very fearful and realized without cell phone and no one hearing my "roars" that I was in an very dangerous situation. It caused me to try to make myself as large as possible (I'm 5 ft tall and 100 pounds) holding the board above my head and growling as loud as I could and smacked the board on a fence post to make a large cracking sound. Screaming and pitiful sounds would have only allowed the dogs to view me as a lesser opponent I thought. It worked they started running towards the back field and one got out the way he came in through barbed wire fencing and unbelievable a wood fence as he got down on his belly and slid under. The female was panicking and unable to make her escape so I lifted the barbed wire to allow her to slip out cutting my hand in the process.</p><p></p><p>Shaking from the incident I realized the other LLama has escaped as last had happened last time and I had to search for it in the 200 acres of remote woods behind my sisters property as well as her neighbors 60 acres. My sister lives on 5 acres but is surrounded by large acreages. I got in my car and drove down the mountain informing my sisters neighbor of the incident so she can spread the word amongst the farmers and drove back so I could search for the missing Llama - praying it wasn't injured. Even tho' they don't know me several neighbours showed up to offer assistance to rebuild her fence or search neighbouring properties for the Llama.</p><p></p><p>I then realized with a chuckle I was still wearing my rather fashionable pj's - bright pink onesies with cats on it.</p><p></p><p>I spent two days and over 12 hours in tall grass searching for the female while the male pined for his mate and even at nightfall did not go into the barn but stood with his head down in the pouring rain. The second day I prepared a further trek up the mountain and managed to find her and lead her down the mountain by shaking food. They reunited like something out of a Disney movie as when he saw her he let out a loud groan and they raced to each other with lots of lip smacking kissing on the lips!</p><p></p><p>Forgive me for this long story which you might ask, "why is she telling this story on a parent forum?" The answer as it came to me that night was perhaps we have strength in ourselves which we never knew existed. If you had asked me previously if I were to confront two large dangerous animals I would have replied that I would not be able to. Nor track through the bush for hours determined to find a LLama as I'm a city girl. I also was able to laugh a little about the situation afterwards. Yet, I did and not to boast about it either. Yes, I now feel shivers when I think of the danger I placed myself in without thinking and perhaps I wasn't saving the LLama but I was also thinking of my sister and not wanting her to deal with it again in her state. I also realize that my haste placed me in extreme danger and was stupid. Still, after that incident I was able to evaluate the events that have developed recently with my sons, mom and brother and realized I will deal with those situations one at a time. My sister is my priority and next will be my son whose job is still in danger as his work hasn't made a decision yet. I will continue to offer my home to my mom but my son who is in jail is an adult and has made choices which got him there in the first place.My brother is also an adult who will have to fend for himself. I love them but if it weren't for the other incidents I would still continually be focused solely on my difficult youngest which wasn't healthy. I also need to be healthy and strong in order to deal with the other crisis. My sister doesn't have a choice and that is what is keeping me focused on helping her as much as I can. I finally "get" that Serenity prayer which I've read so many times over the years.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nature, post: 689699, member: 19011"] Update: Again I thank each and every one of you for your words of support and kind thoughts. I also admit I was a little taken back as I don't see myself as coping that well with a lot of things that have come my way but currently as a result of 4 life altering incidents involving family I have to focus mainly on my sister at this time. Once again, I returned from having spent the last 4 days at her home. I did clean and start to paint, took care of her animals, and generally was feeling I was doing something productive when another crisis arose. For those of you that don't know my sister lives on that remote mountain property alone and takes care of numerous abused animals. A few weeks ago 2 large dogs appeared (Caine Corso's) and killed many of her animals . The owners begged her not to inform authorities and against her better judgement they promised not to ever allow those dogs to escape again and she didn't report it. I didn't agree with her but also having my own sanctuary I understood the turmoil she felt at not wanting any more deaths (should those dogs be euthanized) but told her those dogs should never be allowed to escape especially living in farm country and that other animals may be at risk. Ironically she has three large dogs of her own but were in her home at the time. One is a Pitbull who lives harmoniously with other animals and I too have one rescue that also lives with my host of smaller creatures. Each of us understand the bias of BSL (breed specific legislation). However, I couldn't convince her that these dogs were very dangerous as they killed all her sheep (which were her pets) with such wanton aggression they put all animals on that mountain at risk. I couldn't convince her otherwise. Sat morning her old dog whined to be let out (the younger ones were in a boarding kennel as my sister is still in the hospital) and as I had my hand on the door I saw through the glass - those dogs- attacking her Llama! Without thinking I raced out and I realize now how dangerous that situation was but I heard the LLama screaming and reacted. I roared, growled, picked up a big log and was swinging while the dogs were leaping at the LLama's throat. I realize I was not only trying to protect the Llama which I've gown very attached to but also my sister whose health had severely declined since the last incident. The larger male kept circling and leaping at the LLama while the female seemed to be intimated by my sounds. I threw the log at the dog and picked up a fence board and was swinging it. I do understand enough about animal behaviour as I use to educate the public long ago about dogs for the Humane Society. I know that people and animal aggression are two different things and these dogs were not people aggressive but were initially bred to take down large game. These dogs were not suitable at all to be in the owners hands in an area full of farm animals and allowed to get out. They had promised my sister they would build a fence to contain them. After aprox 15 mins (what seemed like an eternity) I realized with increasing fear that the male was becoming agitated by my presence to get at his target and I became very fearful and realized without cell phone and no one hearing my "roars" that I was in an very dangerous situation. It caused me to try to make myself as large as possible (I'm 5 ft tall and 100 pounds) holding the board above my head and growling as loud as I could and smacked the board on a fence post to make a large cracking sound. Screaming and pitiful sounds would have only allowed the dogs to view me as a lesser opponent I thought. It worked they started running towards the back field and one got out the way he came in through barbed wire fencing and unbelievable a wood fence as he got down on his belly and slid under. The female was panicking and unable to make her escape so I lifted the barbed wire to allow her to slip out cutting my hand in the process. Shaking from the incident I realized the other LLama has escaped as last had happened last time and I had to search for it in the 200 acres of remote woods behind my sisters property as well as her neighbors 60 acres. My sister lives on 5 acres but is surrounded by large acreages. I got in my car and drove down the mountain informing my sisters neighbor of the incident so she can spread the word amongst the farmers and drove back so I could search for the missing Llama - praying it wasn't injured. Even tho' they don't know me several neighbours showed up to offer assistance to rebuild her fence or search neighbouring properties for the Llama. I then realized with a chuckle I was still wearing my rather fashionable pj's - bright pink onesies with cats on it. I spent two days and over 12 hours in tall grass searching for the female while the male pined for his mate and even at nightfall did not go into the barn but stood with his head down in the pouring rain. The second day I prepared a further trek up the mountain and managed to find her and lead her down the mountain by shaking food. They reunited like something out of a Disney movie as when he saw her he let out a loud groan and they raced to each other with lots of lip smacking kissing on the lips! Forgive me for this long story which you might ask, "why is she telling this story on a parent forum?" The answer as it came to me that night was perhaps we have strength in ourselves which we never knew existed. If you had asked me previously if I were to confront two large dangerous animals I would have replied that I would not be able to. Nor track through the bush for hours determined to find a LLama as I'm a city girl. I also was able to laugh a little about the situation afterwards. Yet, I did and not to boast about it either. Yes, I now feel shivers when I think of the danger I placed myself in without thinking and perhaps I wasn't saving the LLama but I was also thinking of my sister and not wanting her to deal with it again in her state. I also realize that my haste placed me in extreme danger and was stupid. Still, after that incident I was able to evaluate the events that have developed recently with my sons, mom and brother and realized I will deal with those situations one at a time. My sister is my priority and next will be my son whose job is still in danger as his work hasn't made a decision yet. I will continue to offer my home to my mom but my son who is in jail is an adult and has made choices which got him there in the first place.My brother is also an adult who will have to fend for himself. I love them but if it weren't for the other incidents I would still continually be focused solely on my difficult youngest which wasn't healthy. I also need to be healthy and strong in order to deal with the other crisis. My sister doesn't have a choice and that is what is keeping me focused on helping her as much as I can. I finally "get" that Serenity prayer which I've read so many times over the years. [/QUOTE]
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