I need help

OreGal said:

Oh my goodness...your post could not be more timely. We have an annoying outside dog (had him for ten years now...half lab, half dalmation) who barks alot. However, since hubby left, this dog feels he is on hyper-alert and he barks constantly all night long...the sort of frantic barking that makes you sit up in bed thinking, "Oh my goodness, somebody is breaking in."

I have not been sleeping well as it is. I'm missing my husband so much that I dread going to bed at night and stay up much too late, coupled with my anemia and one child who always has leg cramps in the middle of the night and another who just will start screaming for no reason in the middle of the night, well, I am exhausted too.

Seriously, I am not rational in the middle of the night when the dog does this and I've actually considered doing something pretty serious to the dog when I've been absolutely exhausted and I love animals. My father suggested that since he is ten years old, I feed him lots of fatty foods and just help him die sooner and happier but I cannot even bring myself to do that and I feel terrible for thinking about these things.

I feel for you. I really do. I like the idea here but drugging the cat and may look into that for the dog. I've really had it with him.

Amazing that somebody else is going through the same thing.

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