I've always made a point to feed my cat and dog high quality food and never feed them table scraps except small bites very, VERY rarely. My dog and cat have both been happy and healthy for 7 and 3 years respectively. Feeding my animals the highest quality food that I can afford with my small salary is extremely important to me. I don't feed Cookie or Oscar cheap kibble. I double and triple check all ingredients for their food. I constantly check online to be sure there have been no recalls or bad press for the brands I do use. I might not make the greatest pay but I'll be damned if my fuzzbutts aren't fed healthy food and kept as happy as I can. I want them to live the absolute best life I can give them.
Unfortunately, I've been living with my parents again while I work to save towards purchasing a house instead of going from rental to rental. The issue is that my parents think it's cute to give my dog all their scraps and leftover food. In one year she's gone from well behaved and well fed to an obnoxiously noisy dog who won't eat anything except people food and Kibbles n Bits. She will not take her Trifexis pills anymore, and has NEVER refused those pills in all her years with me up to now. I talked to my mother about feeding Cookie all the scraps and we got into a bit of a tiff but so far she seems to try to respect it, at least when I'm not home. My dad, on the other hand, will look me straight in the eye and give her a huge chunk of toast or pork chop or whatever else he feels like giving her and their two other dogs and thinks it's funny because she enjoys it while I'm standing there watching, furious.
She's begun to get fat because of all that bs food they keep giving her. She's had a small cyst develop on her back that I'm worried about and will be taking her to the vet within the next month if it doesn't go away naturally to have them check it.
I'm absolutely horrified that my parents have/are steadily ruining my dog and that they won't listen to me when I tell them not to feed my dog shit that I'm not okay WHATSOEVER with her eating. I'm beginning to lose any patience I have trying to be rational with them and just want to move out at this point to get my freaking dog away from the goddamn table scraps and get her back to a nutritional diet and regular exercise. I'm at a loss as to what the hell I can do to control her diet if I'm stuck living here with them. But I can't save any money if I'm throwing it all away every month to rent a place.
Tl;dr- I'm stuck living with my parents again and they're feeding my dog table scraps and shit food daily like she needs it to survive her oh so horrible life with me feeding her nutritionally complete food and doing my best to be sure she's well mannered, healthy, and happy. Now she's getting fat and is behaving obnoxiously after 7 freaking years of living the best life I can give her ever since she was a teeny puppy and being an amazing dog. Not sure what to do and am losing my mind. I love my dog and cat very much and hate that this is happening.
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