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So, here I am again caring emotionally and sometimes financially for dogs I don't even own.

My friend, Donna, took in an APBT named Buddy when she was with Frank, another friend. Buddy was emaciated because his owners couldn't afford to feed him and he was living on bologna.

When my brother had to give up Rita and Onyx, I took Rita and friend and Donna took Onyx. They renamed him Petey.

She and Frank shared their place with Jim and between them they took care of the dogs because they had a fenced in yard.

I also helped by coming over a couple times a week and bringing treats to work on their training. I got her neuter certificates from a local rescue to get them fixed for $20 each. I paid for their shots and tags this year. I also told them they needed to work on leash training because they aren't physically healthy and the dogs pull like trucks.

Two years later, Frank has passed away. Donna started dating again and decided to give up her place to move in with her BF. I told her not to give up her place because of the dogs and how hard it is to find something affordable that allowed Pit Bulls. I told her her new BF had already backed out of the relationship a couple times in a couple months and it wasn't a stable situation.

Did anyone listen? Nooooo.

She came over at the end of last week and asked to use my computer to find a new place because her BF kicked her out and she was staying at Jim's efficiency apartment with another friend, Mel, who is also staying there. The BF said the dogs could stay in his yard until she could get a place of her own and the plan was for the lot of them to find a 3 bedroom with a fenced yard.

This morning I got a call that she needs someone to keep the boys because BF said they can't stay there now. Big shock. She says she'll be able to move around the 1st of next month. But, the apartment she is staying at is right on the main road and the dogs have already dashed out the door a couple times in the last 24 hours. They tried walking them to potty on leash, but they have pulled Jim and Mel down to the ground and Donna can't even try walking them due to a shoulder repair she has had surgery on and needs to have surgery on again as soon as they can get her in for it.

With the living situation, they can't safely keep the dogs there because they can't walk them. It's either a temp foster or the pound.

I have called everyone I know and even asked on FB. No one can do it. Every Pit savvy person I know is full up and to further complicate things, Petey is DA with every dog but Buddy.

I'd take them, but I am over my limit by 1, my neighbors are cool about it, but said they'd call AC on me if I took my brothers dogs when he was moving, so I know they'd call over Petey and Buddy. Plus, I am alone all day with my dogs (who get along), but I think managing Petey and Buddy would be damn near impossible with Petey's extreme DA. I can't guarantee I could manage all 6 by myself and can't put my own dogs at risk.

So, I called her back. I told her not to take the dogs to the pound because they'll get put down. Owner surrender, Pit Bull, one DA... yeah, that's a death sentence.

I said if they can keep them in the apartment until they can get a new place, I suggested a prong collar to immediately stop the pulling. She said she has no money til the 23rd and she needs all she has to cover moving costs. I said I would go to the pet store, pay for a prong collar to stop the pulling, show them how to fit it and use it, so they can walk the dogs to potty. I also offered to give them my spare crate to use for opening and closing the door to stop the door dash. I said if they absolutely can't keep the dogs, we could start looking for a rescue right away and maybe we'd get lucky and find one. She said she would call me back and let me know what they decide to do.

I love Donna, Jim, and Mel. I know they genuinely love the dogs and treat them pretty well. They cuddle them, sleep with them, talk to them, play with them (fetch etc) and the only thing they lack is walks and leash training, which wasn't much of a problem when they had a huge fenced yard the boys played in all day. But this group of people don't have a brain between them to solve problems or anticipate problems before they happen.

I am so freaking sick and tired of dealing with stupid Pit Bull owners who just don't freaking get it. I am so sick of loving other people's dogs and then losing them because of said stupidity. I bend over backwards trying to help and it usually gets nowhere for the owners, the dogs, or me.

First my sis had to rehome King because of the fight with Diamond (preventable...landlord said he had to go), then my brother gives away Trinity because of trailer park rules, now Petey and Buddy? Really?

How much more do I take before I become a hermit and just stop caring about dogs that aren't mine and people???