Home is where the heart is.
Today after 11 days in a hotel, were going to our car. Hopefully it won’t be more than a couple months, we might be pretty stinky by then! We are going to be approximately number 5 or 6 on the “list” for the lowincome housing soon, and to get from 14 to 6 took two months, so atleast another 2. And then if the application is okay and everything checks out. I know I can’t keep her in a car, but no one will take her, especially since she doesn’t like other dogs trying to play with her, or be by her when she has a toy or food. And she barks at everyone, and growls at the bad apples and is iffy. We need obedience training again, but its 75 dollars. It’ll have to wait. She’s doing good. Keeps trying to itch with that leg, kind of funny but sad at the same time. She does good well great at everything else. Running and taking off at high speeds is a little different cuz her back leg drags a bit I guess you could say. That’s all we have for now. My apologies were not on much.
Kailyn and Ellie
fightingforsammy said,
August 17, 2011 @ 8:55 am
When I was in my really early 20’s I ended up living in my car for a couple of months in California with 2 cats and a cat box. I don’t know where you are but I feel for your circumstances. I am sure you have thought of everything, but have you considered family members or friends? Couch hopping? Are you employed? How did your Ellie lose her leg? I haven’t seen you on the forums yet so I don’t know much about what is going on with Ellie.
I wish I was financially in a position to help but we are on the verge ourselves so all I can offer is advice:(
Elizabeth and Sammy
Kailyn & Ellie said,
August 17, 2011 @ 9:35 am
I have already tried or thought of everything, no family or friends are willing to help out for free, or let my dog stay too. And i can’t couch hop because ellie doesn’t like strangers, and barks/growls alot, doesn’t like other pets really either. I have a job where i get maybe 8 hours a week. so about 70 dollars a week. I can’t get other employment til i find a place to put ellie while im at work, because she can’t stay in the car for 8 hours alone without going potty. And she got hit by a car. I think if you click the categories part on our blog you can find our old posts I think. Not sure.
fightingforsammy said,
August 17, 2011 @ 10:49 am
Is it hot where you live? Can she stay in the car and you come out for breaks and lunch and let her out? Can you get more hours at work? It seems you are on an unhappy treadmill here, can’t work because Ellie and can’t afford a place without work. Is the area you work in close enough you can commute by hus? If so, can you sell your car to get a place and get more hours at work to continue to afford it?
I was like you, unwilling to give up my animals for a place to stay. I parked my car under bridges so they would be out of the heat and walked a couple of miles to work. Then on my lunch break I would run back and check on them. I was lucky that the place I worked had showers, so I could take one there in the mornings. I am sorry your family isn’t there for you. I don’t know what kind of public assistance is out there. Maybe you can go on craigslist and see if someone wants a room mate?
Kailyn & Ellie said,
August 17, 2011 @ 11:13 am
It’s 80’s. Sometimes upper 70’s right now. And With this job, and getting another part-time job i wouldn’t get a break or lunch time, since i wouldn’t work enough hours, I may get a 10 min break, but thats not enough to find a place with grass to let her out, then drive back to work. And the job i have now is just if theres something to be done. Not the kind you can ask for more hours. We have no public transit system, i have a car, can’t keep ellie on a bus even if there was one. We have a taxi, but again no dogs. And no one will buy my car, and you can’t buy a place with 1000 dollars. And like i’ve said before, i have thought of every option. HUD housing, assistance, family, friends, craigslist, word of mouth, churches, random people, etc. With ellie being aggressive (ish), no one will take her, and i dont want her to growl at someone and then they kick us out or sue us, plus i can’t afford a room-mate. After paying for storage unit, gas, etc i only have about 100-150 left for food etc. not enough for rent+utilities even with 2 room-mates.
jerry said,
August 18, 2011 @ 10:21 am
Kailyn, I’m so sorry. Please don’t give up hope and keep getting out there to look for ways to get out of this situation. I know you can do it. Look to Ellie, she will give you the strength you need to find a way out of this. {{{hugs}}}
Kailyn & Ellie said,
August 25, 2011 @ 5:24 pm
I know, but right now it’s a waiting game. Cant get another job til I have a place a suitable place, to put ellie. Til then we’re waiting for the low-income apartment to hopefully get to me on the list, and i need to have my dr sign a form about disability (in order to have ellie there). I have high anxiety, and you can use service dogs to treat it, so it works, just if her professional opinion is what the form needs then we’re good… otherwise we have NO place to go to =\ and can’t get another job to get a place.