Dr, Wallace: I’m in school and I had a roommate for lower than a month! She talked about some household trauma that she needed to take care of instantly and she or he took off and left our college — and the state.
That’s her business and her proper, however what I don’t respect is that the night time earlier than she left (and she or he took off that subsequent morning at 6 a.m.) she mentioned she couldn’t take her pet cat together with her. So, she simply left it!
Having a pet is appropriate within the rental residence I’m in, however I should get a brand new roommate very quickly. I don’t actually need a pet, however now I’m caught with this cat, and I simply don’t have the guts to take it to the pound and threat it being euthanized. What can I do? I’ve requested round however no one needs a cat. The cat isn’t badly behaved or something like that, but it surely’s only one thing more for me to take care of. What can I do, wanting dumping this cat at our native animal shelter? I’d actually prefer to keep away from the emotional trauma of doing that.
— She Left the Cat, by way of e-mail
She left the cat: I’ve two concepts. First, contact each member of your loved ones and allow them to find out about your state of affairs and see if they’ll discover a good home for this pet. It might take some time, so do your greatest to work with the cat for the subsequent week or two simply to see the way it goes.
Next, whenever you promote for a roommate to share your residence with, you should definitely put in daring letters, “MUST LIKE CATS!” within the commercial. You simply would possibly get fortunate and discover each a roommate and somebody who want to undertake a pleasant cat.
Roommate left her cat behind when she took off
Dr. Wallace: A neighbor’s canine got here operating towards me this previous weekend and I screamed. The canine ran away, and I ran inside our home. Later I noticed our neighbor placing a leash on his canine and he was laughing fairly exhausting.
Was screaming and getting away from an odd canine the precise transfer?
— I’m Afraid of Dogs, by way of e-mail
I’m afraid of dogs: Well, at the least you have been unhurt, however you doubtless overreacted. It is likely to be a good suggestion to ask all of your neighbors who’ve dogs if their pets are pleasant and secure round individuals.
For these which are, you could possibly study their names and even pet them gently so that you simply’ll be a “known person” to the canine sooner or later. If an identical expertise arises sooner or later with a canine you’ve met, you possibly can say whats up to the canine utilizing its title and the whole lot must be wonderful.
Few dogs are harmful, and people dogs ought to by no means be allowed off leash to run by way of a neighborhood unaccompanied.
Dr. Robert Wallace welcomes questions from readers. Although he’s unable to answer to all of them individually, he’ll reply as many as attainable on this column. Email him at [email protected]. To discover out extra about Dr. Robert Wallace and browse options by different Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, go to the Creators Syndicate web site at www.creators.com.
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