littleoc
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My service dog is not only turning 12 years old at the end of this month, but her medical problems are also beginning to prevent her from helping me.
I had a detailed and organized plan to get another one. I emailed over forty agencies across the country, even found some private people who were probably just scammers based on how quickly they were willing to accept me if I promised payment.
I narrowed it down to a few trainers and then they asked me for a video tour of the house. I was living on a couch at the time. My technical permanent address was my mom's house, which was a hoarded mess. I called my mom and managed to tell her about my distress, but only by hiding my anger. She responded that I should tell them I just move around a lot.
So then I told her it was already crazy that I couldn't have my own service dog helping me at "home" because I didn't have a place for her. Since moving back. That was in 2018. Since then, my friend and I have been cleaning out my mom's house, but it's not fully ready. All my savings I had used to keep funding my current dog's vet appointments are now gone because of my mom's poor planning, long story short. (All an accident, and not her fault, but I'm angry that I'm the one who had to be responsible, as usual.)
That is, I no longer have the money for a service dog. Not even training my own, to be frank. I had a plan to clean out the living room entirely and put a dog there to be slowly introduced to my current dog, and then just start with the basic obedience training and whatnot. Even found a candidate, recently, but quickly realized after a first meeting that that dog would never be a service dog (no attention on me, refused a treat when he realized he'd have to do a trick).
Does anyone know what I should do now? I'm very worried about what to do when my current dog passes away or just REALLY can't work anymore. I mean, she already can't. I just keep trying. Feeling helpless and anxious about all this. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
I had a detailed and organized plan to get another one. I emailed over forty agencies across the country, even found some private people who were probably just scammers based on how quickly they were willing to accept me if I promised payment.
I narrowed it down to a few trainers and then they asked me for a video tour of the house. I was living on a couch at the time. My technical permanent address was my mom's house, which was a hoarded mess. I called my mom and managed to tell her about my distress, but only by hiding my anger. She responded that I should tell them I just move around a lot.
So then I told her it was already crazy that I couldn't have my own service dog helping me at "home" because I didn't have a place for her. Since moving back. That was in 2018. Since then, my friend and I have been cleaning out my mom's house, but it's not fully ready. All my savings I had used to keep funding my current dog's vet appointments are now gone because of my mom's poor planning, long story short. (All an accident, and not her fault, but I'm angry that I'm the one who had to be responsible, as usual.)
That is, I no longer have the money for a service dog. Not even training my own, to be frank. I had a plan to clean out the living room entirely and put a dog there to be slowly introduced to my current dog, and then just start with the basic obedience training and whatnot. Even found a candidate, recently, but quickly realized after a first meeting that that dog would never be a service dog (no attention on me, refused a treat when he realized he'd have to do a trick).
Does anyone know what I should do now? I'm very worried about what to do when my current dog passes away or just REALLY can't work anymore. I mean, she already can't. I just keep trying. Feeling helpless and anxious about all this. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.