Okay, this isn't like sex advice or anything but I need to figure something out and I know you kids are good at brainstorming and helping solve problems.

I have 2 dogs and a Kaylee (a 4 year old). This is not a good mixture for a happy household. And since I can't give the 4 year old away I have to do something about the other two. And I LOVE my puppies (one is a 2 year old male rat terrier and the other is an 11 year old male cocker spaniel) so this is a hard decision to come to. I want to cry just thinking about it.

Both of them are such good dogs but she is so mean that I can't keep them in the same room anymore. My problem is that they both are 'handicapped'. The cockerspaniel has cataracts in both eyes. One is so bad that his iris is white. The rat terrier is blind in one eye from being stung by a wasp about a year ago and that eye is smaller and deformed now. Also the cockerspaniel has a malignant tumor under his belly that is very gross looking and the rat terrier has sensitive skin that makes his skin flake and turn red unless you bathe him with sulfodene. Thus, they aren't 'attractive' for someone to take.

So, how can I get someone to take these dogs before she kills them without taking them to a shelter where they may get put to sleep if no one takes them? I've tried putting them in the classifieds but never got any callbacks.

I feel like I'm giving away my children and having to work this hard to get rid of them makes me feel even worse. I have tried all I can to stop my little girl from abusing them but for the last 6 months, the second my back is turned she is doing something else to one of them. Help!

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