Not pregnancy related but I am so mad!
My parents have a German Shepard that's about 9 years old and I've started to notice she seems pretty neglected. When I was visiting on Christmas I noticed that she has a growth on her belly (not positive but it looks like it could just be fluid). I asked about it and they hadn't even noticed it until I made them go out and look on Christmas. They said they would take her to the vet when my dad got paid again after the 1st. Fast forward to this Thursday, I went to visit again and as always, I pet her and play with her whenever I first get there before I even knock on the door to go inside. I noticed, not only is the growth bigger but it's also got blisters around the top of it and it looks completely awful. So again, I ask them if she'd been to the vet and they said no they haven't had the money... Well I knew that they had a check they were cashing today (Friday) so I said will you please take her to the vet and let me know what they say. She says, "yes, I'll get your dad and brother to take her, maybe they'll say she needs to be put to sleep." I let that go just hoping they would really get her to the vet. I ask her today if they took her and then I get a message from my brother saying "mom said leave her alone about the dog." I got into a huge argument with both her and my brother and supposedly they're taking her to the vet on "Monday or Tuesday" and I need to shut up about it. Trying to convince them she needs a better home with someone who will take care of her doesn't seem to be working. I even said I'd do the work and try to find someone but she just won't say ok because it's my "brother's dog." He'll be leaving for college and she'll be left there with my parents. I don't know what I can do about it. I can't take the dog because I'm due to have a baby this month and we just can't afford to meet her needs.