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Am I the butthole where OP's daughter almost kills the family dog?

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started. Am I the butthole for making my 15-year-old daughter get a job to pay for our dogs' vet bills?

I have three daughters, Phoebe who's 19, Ali who's 18, and Jamie who's 15. We also have a two-year-old

Chauini, a Chihuahua Weiner dog mix named Pebble. We were in the middle of a heatwave two weeks ago

with temperatures hitting 107. Small dogs are more sensitive to heat, so we don't let them go to

the backyard for long periods of time, and the deck is off limits because there's no shade on the

deck. The problem is, Pebble loves the deck because you can watch the cars, people walking on the

trail behind our house, and can see our neighbor's chickens. Jane doesn't have a first period at school,

and doesn't leave for school until 10 a.m. a few days a week. Both Ali and Phoebe leave at 9.30 a.m.,

so it's Jamie's responsibility to make sure Pebble is inside. The fans are on, and he has water.

Two weeks ago, in the worst of the heatwave, Pebble was crying at the deck door.

Jane got annoyed and let him go out onto the deck. Then she left for school and forgot him on the deck.

Ali came home a few hours later and started looking for Pebble. She found him passed out on the deck

and called me sobbing. I left work early, took him to the emergency vet, and they treated him for

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