Kill the dog or kill the kid?

[rcraw45425]

Right now its' a tossup. DD13 has turned into a complete fool. She knows it all, I know nothing. I have told her at least a half dozen times to take her iPod upstairs (it's sitting on the banister to the stairs). Well, after numerous eye rolls I finally gave up. Guess what? It fell in the floor apparently during her mad dash downstairs this morning for school and became fair game for the puppy, especially with it's rubber case. I found her in my bedroom gnawing happily away. She has put numerous tooth marks in it and I think the screen may be toast. Not as toasty as she's going to be when she gets home today!

 

[foolishmortal]

Right now its' a tossup. DD13 has turned into a complete fool. She knows it all, I know nothing. I have told her at least a half dozen times to take her iPod upstairs (it's sitting on the banister to the stairs). Well, after numerous eye rolls I finally gave up. Guess what? It fell in the floor apparently during her mad dash downstairs this morning for school and became fair game for the puppy, especially with it's rubber case. I found her in my bedroom gnawing happily away. She has put numerous tooth marks in it and I think the screen may be toast. Not as toasty as she's going to be when she gets home today!

the kid






Puppies will be puppies. If it wasn't where it shouldn't have been puppy wouldn't have got it.

 

[OrlandoMike]

Oh please post pics of her face when she gets home!

 

[The Mystery Machine]

Well, I think if the I-Pod is broken it is its own punishment.
I would not replace or fix it.

My line will be when you get a job you can buy yourself another one.

It is like when my 17yodd goes into Hot Topic and wants me to buy clothes there....um no.
Get a job and buy them with your own money.

 

[SharpMomOfTwo]

Second vote for the kid!

 

[jen0610]

The teen would be told, you were told to put it up, so now you suffer the outcome of not doing what you were told. She would not be bought a new one, nor would I allow her to buy a new one with her money. Just replacing an item, doesn't teach them consiquences for their actions, or lack there of.

To the puppy - when I found her, I would have told her bad dog and taken the ipod away and given her the bone/chew toy she is allowed to have. The puppy was doing what comes natural to her.

 

[rcraw45425]

This was the iPod she HAD to have last year. It was her 12th birthday present, the shuffle she got for her 10th Christmas was "junk" (she had been taking my 1st gen Nano repeatedly). This is a 2nd gen Nano in aqua. Of course the 3rd gen came out shortly afterward and she was livid that she had'nt waited. For a while it had been in her clock radio dock, but Had sat for at least a week on the banister. She had been using it in the car to avoid listening to the dreaded "70s on7" on XM. Well, it will still work, but the screen looks weird. I think dog spit got into it. Maybe it'll dry out...... I see maybe no spending the night for a while as punishment......

 

[Hercules10]

Rub the kid's nose in the iPod and yell NO-NO-NO!...Oops,wait a minute.

 

[Magic Mom]

Rub the kid's nose in the iPod and yell NO-NO-NO!...Oops,wait a minute.

That will just confuse her and make her afraid of the iPod, and every time she uses it, she will have anxiety.....a better approach would be to clip her leash to your belt buckle when she is using it so you can catch her in the act of leaving it laying around. When she puts it away, make sure you pet her head and give her a snausage as a reward.

 

[Ilovemylife]

The teen would be told, you were told to put it up, so now you suffer the outcome of not doing what you were told. She would not be bought a new one, nor would I allow her to buy a new one with her money. Just replacing an item, doesn't teach them consiquences for their actions, or lack there of.

 

[fortheluvofpooh]

I personally would have done the telling the puppy no, and give the bone to chew on suggestion. As for your DD, sounds like she needs an attitude adjustment. My DS will be 13 in Dec and knows the rule, you put it away or you lose it. DD 7 is learning that lesson also. My kids can have the MP3 players and NDS games but they must take care of them. my 3 yr old DD got a hold of DD7 MP3 player and messed up the settings, tough lesson learned. Hope the Ipod is still able to be listened to but I would make her use it and not let her use yours and NOT buy her a new one.

 

[rcraw45425]

I personally would have done the telling the puppy no, and give the bone to chew on suggestion. As for your DD, sounds like she needs an attitude adjustment. My DS will be 13 in Dec and knows the rule, you put it away or you lose it. DD 7 is learning that lesson also. My kids can have the MP3 players and NDS games but they must take care of them. my 3 yr old DD got a hold of DD7 MP3 player and messed up the settings, tough lesson learned. Hope the Ipod is still able to be listened to but I would make her use it and not let her use yours and NOT buy her a new one.

Still usable, though it's not "pretty" anymore. Tough less to learn but I'm tired of the mouth, maybe this will be a wake up call to her.

 

[daisax]

We had a lot of headless Barbies and action figures in our house until the "if it's on the floor the puppies will think it's food" lesson sunk in.

 

[happy dude]

This sounds like the situation worked itself out. The kid will learn that actions have consequences.

 

[rcraw45425]

This sounds like the situation worked itself out. The kid will learn that actions have consequences.

Well, she's not home from school yet, but it's worked itself o9ut on my end, final answer: Deal with it!

 

[Mr. & Mrs. Smith]

This sounds like the situation worked itself out. The kid will learn that actions have consequences.

Exactly. Looks like you don't have to do anything.

 

[bumbershoot]

The only concern I have is if she DID put it somewhere, but the dog managed to snag the earphone cord and pull it out/off.

In our house growing up, there was a small space between the floor and the bottom of my door. I had left my bathing suit in the floor in my room, and closed the door. The dog was bored and worked the bathing suit out (I still don't know how), even though no part of it was sticking out under the door. The suit was in my closed room, I did nothing wrong, but he spent the day getting something that was put away out from "away".

So if there's a chance she put it up on a shelf and he jumped to snag it down, etc, then I don't think the fault is really hers. Of course, if she puts it in the same place again, then that would be partially her fault (dog would still be naughty though IMO).

 

[okeydokey]

What a teachable moment! This is a perfect example of the law of natural consequences.

 

[rcraw45425]

The only concern I have is if she DID put it somewhere, but the dog managed to snag the earphone cord and pull it out/off.

In our house growing up, there was a small space between the floor and the bottom of my door. I had left my bathing suit in the floor in my room, and closed the door. The dog was bored and worked the bathing suit out (I still don't know how), even though no part of it was sticking out under the door. The suit was in my closed room, I did nothing wrong, but he spent the day getting something that was put away out from "away".

So if there's a chance she put it up on a shelf and he jumped to snag it down, etc, then I don't think the fault is really hers. Of course, if she puts it in the same place again, then that would be partially her fault (dog would still be naughty though IMO).

Sorry, but the headphones are in a footed compote on the island in the kitchen, another item that was never "collected and put where it belonged"

 

[Cool-Beans]

The kid did what kids typically do. The dog did what dogs typically do.

The kid is smart enough to learn a lesson and I assume smart enough to know that the dog won't.

The whole thing is kind of funny in an "I don't have to deal with it" kind of way.

Good luck!!