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my executive dysfunction might kill my dog (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 days ago by LaunchesKayaks@lemmy.world to c/adhd@lemmy.world

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She ate something she shouldn't have and it's blocking her intestines. She has to have emergency surgery tomorrow morning and this is all my fault. If my house wasn't such a disaster, she wouldn't be in this mess.

I honestly don't deserve my pets because of this. I can hardly take care of myself. Idk why I thought pets were a good idea.

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[–] Pronell@lemmy.world 15 points 2 days ago

Until you know what was eaten, try to stop beating yourself up.

Dogs eat things. It's in their nature. If they eat a sock and it blocks them up, that's bad. But keeping all socks from them is tough. And they like to eat weird things.

Your job is to give them a good life and to try to keep them safe. You can't demand perfection from yourself, and if your dog could understand, they wouldn't blame you.

Finally, if you made a mistake, you can use this as a learning experience and do better in the future a bit. The alternative is closing yourself off to love out of fear.

I did this. One of my cats got out on New Years and was hit by a car.

Im the one who lets the dogs out, and he often snuck out when the dogs go out. I didn't notice.

I will always have to live with that.

But I'm reveling in the love I get from my other pets, not pushing them away.