the brother has been checked out thoroughly. we have a rocking shelter here!!! they did an official background check on him, no criminal records at all.......called two veterinarians that he's used.....called the groomer that he took Butch to.

this woman is seriously ill, as in character defect ill. not only does she have that pitiful three year old, there is a 6 year old boy that was suspended from riding the school bus for flipping people off. and it was her 13 year stepdaughter that she refused to buy pads for..for school the next day and i went and bought them.....so, i know how those kids are suffering.

the cops really "want" her to step over the line.....Caldwell county has a "neighbor" law and you automatically spend the night in jail if you step on your neighbor's property during any kind of "incident"........she's been notified of that. i had heavier patrol last night than usual.

last night i found out that their bedroom is in direct sight of my kitchen window......curtains go up today. i had no idea their bedroom was on that corner of the house. it's a small window and i have a huge folk art cat standing in it.....but..........

i obtained a digital picture yesterday of physical abuse of the three year old. so you know what that means for her......my fingers will be doing the walking..........

i know this should probably go into another forum, but do you think it's possible for me to have a mild form of PTSD over this. i keep waking up and i hear Butch screaming in pain and it happens about every hour during the night. of could it just be "secondary stress" or something? it's pretty scary.

i've internalized the pain and terror that i know he went through at that "fight" and only talked about it yesterday to my friends. and in my years, i've seen some pretty bad dog fights and it always really affects me for days.

the shelter officers demonstrated his lack of aggressiveness towards other dogs while i was out there. he loves other pitbulls.....just like he loved my dogs.

you have no idea how it helps to be able to talk to animal lovers about this. i really haven't made enough friends here to share all of it with. xoxoxo pat