She cares more about her dogs!
Well she has broken her wrist. Falling is nothing new however, the main cause of her ending up falling(always a fall risk first off) is taking her stupid dogs out in the middle of the night. No matter how doped up she is on her night meds she always manages to get up out of bed to take them out, I b!tch, I plead I d*mn near beg her to stop and she still does it. She has fallen plenty of times in the past so I put a bright night light in her room so she could see well it didn't help. I woke up VALENTINES DAY to find her sitting in her chair at 7am with what could only be a broken wrist ( looked like she was hiding a baseball in it!!) She has no concern for her own safety whatsoever I had to even take the chair covers off so she wouldn't get up to fiddle with them. She has even gone as far as to ask my kids for their supper for the dogs( or tried to snatch it off their plate when their not looking lol) not funny really but I'd rather laugh than cry the point is would it be cruel to get rid of her dogs(the only connection to her deceased husband unfortunately) or what? She is making very very hard for me to take proper care of her when she could care less about her own well being.im also afraid she will have a major seizure if we get rid of the dogs. Any thoughts?
I'm not sure how putting the dogs in a crate would help. If she gets the urge, she may open the crate and take them out anyway. I'd install a bed alarm, door alarm and other security to keep her safely in the house at night, but during the day as well. I'd secure the dogs as well. She certainly loves the dogs, but, you can't sacrifice their safety either.
Btw - I have three dogs that are all crate trained and that's where they sleep at night - sometimes they would get into more trouble unsupervised at night than my son did! Anyhow - I researched it and yes, it is a natural instinct for a dog to want a small somewhat confined place to sleep - it's like a den to them. As long as a crate isn't used as punishment they'll come to love it. All my dogs have cushy beds inside their "house" and voluntarily go into their crates throughout the day to nap. A crate should be just big enough for the dog to turn around in - any bigger and they might treat the back end of the crate as a potty spot. Also, it is best to crate dogs separately- unless they are use to sleeping cuddled up together.
Needless to say, I'm a dog lover and the thought of you taking your mothers dogs from her breaks my heart. Please try these other suggestions first! Good luck!
An adult dog should not have to be let out through the night, so I agree crate training or keeping them in a different room from her is another good option, both she and the dogs may complain at first but it would be less drastic than the alternative.
They will feel more secure as their owner is less than reliable.