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    to a lot of people they are just a dog, disposable, to others they are so much more......
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    I tell you it's a lot more relaxing after a decision is made.
    A weight off your shoulders.
    A good decision made has a degree of peace. The confused questioning & doubting mind is no fun.

    So in quick summary:
    The neighbour's Autistic spectrum and some of the way @No.3 explained it from his personal experience has helped me in my understanding.
    I get it.

    But then again as @blip said 'don't make their problems your problems'.

    Peace to all (especially the neighbours).
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    Glad you have made your decision Hermitage, and it's good for you to have gone through exploring the options - even/especially the difficult one. It's good to get a sanity check now and then, problems are so much smaller when they're outside your own mind, and brought down to earth by your peers.

    Blip makes a fair point (as usual), but as someone said earlier, you know you'll always have a great dog-sitter if ever you need one - and if you feel the need to keep in touch with them! Looking forward to the update in 6 months time!
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    Quote Originally Posted by blip View Post
    I probably sound like a cunt but dont make their problems your problems
    For someone who is on the spectrum, it isn't a problem as another observation. It's daily life - and for these people this is where the 'emotional support' animals come in that we see overseas. Just in this case, the animal that's 'the one' is part of someone else's family as well. That is a wee bit of an issue...

    As suggested, if you can do visits and not just end the relationship cold turkey it might suit both parties, the neighbour's wife and your dog (the animals tend to reciprocate with autistic people for some reason from what I can see - or to put it another way if I tried some of the things my daughter did with cats and the like I'd be ripped to shreds!). The wife will need to find another animal, I'd be suggesting to the husband the where and how you ended up with your rescue dog and see if there is another in a similar situation that has a similar temperament. Won't replace yours, but likely she will bond with that straight off as well.
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    We have always let the animals choose us. The dog we have now was from a big litter when we went to look at them. When we got there all his brothers and sisters ran up to us and jumped all over us and tried playing, he just sat back and watched. Then when they were all finished he just walked up to us and sat at our feet.
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    Quote Originally Posted by No.3 View Post
    For someone who is on the spectrum, it isn't a problem as another observation. It's daily life - and for these people this is where the 'emotional support' animals come in that we see overseas. Just in this case, the animal that's 'the one' is part of someone else's family as well. That is a wee bit of an issue...

    As suggested, if you can do visits and not just end the relationship cold turkey it might suit both parties, the neighbour's wife and your dog (the animals tend to reciprocate with autistic people for some reason from what I can see - or to put it another way if I tried some of the things my daughter did with cats and the like I'd be ripped to shreds!). The wife will need to find another animal, I'd be suggesting to the husband the where and how you ended up with your rescue dog and see if there is another in a similar situation that has a similar temperament. Won't replace yours, but likely she will bond with that straight off as well.
    Yea Ive got a fair idea about spectrum people some are friends and wife works with them.

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    Is that even a question? This must be satire.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Growlybear View Post
    Is that even a question? This must be satire.


    ( @Growlybear my silence in not answering your post except for a 'WTF", doesn't mean I agree with you.
    It means your level of stupidity rendered me speechless.)
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    I dont think youll regret your decision and either will your mate
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    Good decision mate !
    Look after number 1 - that is you my friend !

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    I'm not sure if it's a Comedy or a Horror movie I'm currently in...(it's at least a Drama).

    So if you've read the start of this thread you'd know I turned down a $12,000 offer for my dog from the neighbours.

    When I turned the offer down to them, things got a little bit...shall we say... a very big bit 'strange'. Strange enough for me to let them say their final goodbye to my dog as I decided to keep her chained up at my house for the last 2 weeks before I moved house this weekend. (I surmised that dogs have gone 'missing' for less money).

    So here's where the possible 'comedy or horror' comes in....
    I run my dog every day on my bicycle from 6-7.30pm. Have done this for a couple of years.
    On Saturday I'm running the dog beside my bicycle, travelling along a rural tar-sealed road with usually no cars.
    However, as I'm going around a very sweeping left I notice a car behind me. I can't see the car but I can hear and somewhat feel it's very close and for some reason not passing.
    This is unusual but I think to myself that some car drivers are extra careful/slow when passing bicycles with dogs.

    Slowly the car pulls up beside the dog and I... I look to my right and there is my 'nutty neighbour' (henceforth known as 'NN').
    So NN comes level with my dog who is just ahead of my bike and yells out:
    "Hello Sweetheart!"
    "Hello Sweetheart!"
    "Hello Sweetheart!"
    Do you remember me?
    Do you remember me?

    And yes she is NOT calling out to me...that I'm sure of.
    And the even crazier thing is that NN has done this same stunt on every one of my dog/bike rides since Saturday....that's four days in a row!

    I don't know what to think.
    It's somewhat like that Steven King movie 'Misery'. With my NN being Kathy Bates' character (they do have a strange resemblance).

    Suffice to say I have started wearing my bicycle helmet...
    Last edited by Hermitage; 25-02-2025 at 09:14 PM.
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    Fuk me thats a stalker problem you have there.

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    Quote Originally Posted by blip View Post
    Fuk me thats a stalker problem you have there.
    I wouldn't go that far...
    ....(but I did give the name of the NN to my mother and said if my body is found on the side of the road without my dog you know who did it)
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    Quote Originally Posted by Hermitage View Post
    I wouldn't go that far...
    ....(but I did give the name of the NN to my mother and said if my body is found on the side of the road without my dog you know who did it)

    Lift it to 20k
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    Quote Originally Posted by Hermitage View Post
    I wouldn't go that far...
    ....(but I did give the name of the NN to my mother and said if my body is found on the side of the road without my dog you know who did it)
    NN sounds like she wants to wear your skin
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