Post by melonie on Jul 31, 2014 21:12:50 GMT -5
I have decided to quit my shelter job. I have been on the verge of doing so for awhile, but I've reached the point that I can't do it anymore. I'm not burned out on the 'job' aspect of it. It's the drama and the stupid that I can't deal with any longer.
I'm supposed to be the assistant manager. Yet I am the last to know most everything if I'm even told. When I am involved in an issue, or asked how to handle something, what I've said is either ignored or questioned. That's ok, to an extent.
But when I'm asked if they can introduce pit mix dog selective, and reactive male Diesel, to Snow who is male, dog selective and reactive, and I say no and explain the risk. And you still plan to do it? Don't call me when you end up w/ a dog fight, a dead dog, or a bitten volunteer. Don't cry to me because you kill another dog because they got into a fight.
That is the sort of thing I deal w/all the time. Right now it is the litter of puppies. Yesterday, a vet repeated every damn thing I had said about the situation at hand. Today TWO vets weighed in on the situation, and they did not contradict a word I said. Yet they still got pissed, at me, and they still wanted to do what the vet and I advised them not to do!
I'm just done. I am not a vet, or a trainer. But I am smart, and I have read a lot, and participated in forums and talked to people who have experience and knowledge. I've had difficult dogs, and good dogs. I try not to open my mouth if I don't know enough about something. But I seem to find myself defending myself far too often.
They can take their animal planet expertise and stick it. I'm just really sad (and mad too).
I plan on popping in to take Snow out. But other than that I won't be involved with anything they do. Maybe if they do a bit of house cleaning... maybe. But I likely won't be in the area any longer.
I'm supposed to be the assistant manager. Yet I am the last to know most everything if I'm even told. When I am involved in an issue, or asked how to handle something, what I've said is either ignored or questioned. That's ok, to an extent.
But when I'm asked if they can introduce pit mix dog selective, and reactive male Diesel, to Snow who is male, dog selective and reactive, and I say no and explain the risk. And you still plan to do it? Don't call me when you end up w/ a dog fight, a dead dog, or a bitten volunteer. Don't cry to me because you kill another dog because they got into a fight.
That is the sort of thing I deal w/all the time. Right now it is the litter of puppies. Yesterday, a vet repeated every damn thing I had said about the situation at hand. Today TWO vets weighed in on the situation, and they did not contradict a word I said. Yet they still got pissed, at me, and they still wanted to do what the vet and I advised them not to do!
I'm just done. I am not a vet, or a trainer. But I am smart, and I have read a lot, and participated in forums and talked to people who have experience and knowledge. I've had difficult dogs, and good dogs. I try not to open my mouth if I don't know enough about something. But I seem to find myself defending myself far too often.
They can take their animal planet expertise and stick it. I'm just really sad (and mad too).
I plan on popping in to take Snow out. But other than that I won't be involved with anything they do. Maybe if they do a bit of house cleaning... maybe. But I likely won't be in the area any longer.
