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dogs.
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i have 2 younger brothers, and i have a puppy. i love my puppy and play with her in all my free time. and i always take care of her. well, i was out late last night, so i slept in this moring, and like woke up at 10. well, the only reason i even woke up then, was because my little brother, who is 9, had his friends over. and they were in my office, and the dog was annoying them, i guess, so, my brother took her, and we have this gate. like a baby gate.. and hes not much taller then it. and he just tossed her over it. and she ended up breaking her leg. which, isnt good because shes still a puppy, also that costs alot of money, its costing us like over 1000. espically since, we took her to the emergency veterain place. so they charge like 250 bucks just for immediate attention. anyways, how do i make sure my dog is safe? i mean, i cant stay up all hours of the day. and i cant be home every single second. yano? so what should i do?
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Hey, well this is mostly why some familys are iffy about getting dogs when they have young children in the house. I agree with the previous advicenator that said that your little brother should be punished. He needs to learn that puppys are not toys and that they are like humans. There especially delicate when young and need to be treated carefully. You have to have a family meeting about the dog. Maybe assign times when its the persons turn to watch the dog. I dont mean sit with it all day, I just mean make sure its safe. You might want to cage him when nobody is home. Try to keep that to a minium. When someone is home, put the dog in a room alone. A room that your brother doesnt go in to. Good luck =].
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The best thing you can do is probably try talking to your parents about it and about how it's hard for you to be there 24/7 and not needing to have to worry about your brother doing something like that again. Since your brother is only 9 he didn't know better but then it falls onto your parents to talk to him about what he did and emphasis it's not the way you handle a dog/puppy and what he did was wrong. You may even want to talk to him about it yourself and just let him know you want to be sure she's in safe hands when you're not around and you want to trust him in being able to do that. He may already feel bad about it though after finding out it had a broken leg so you may not even need to do anything other than just talk to your parents about the situation and if she will be in safe hands from here on when you're not around.
I love and adore dogs so I hope she will make a very fast recovery. :]
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I'd say have a little talk with your parents. Tell them they should ground your little brother or punish him in some way so that he knows doing that to the puppy is wrong. You shouldn't have to around your dog 24/7 just to make sure it's safe from your little brothers. You brothers should learn that you can't do that to little animals. If the puppy is being annoying, put him in a different room, don't throw him over a fence. Just talk to your parents and get them to talk to your brother so he understands that.
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