u/Coach-Bee

Look at this guy!

We use the icecube trick for regular BM's and he pees partially on his own but still needs to be expressed 2-3 times a day to prevent UTI. He's happy and thriving but still doesn't have DPS. We notice his right side is more weak than his left. He's had a few flare-ups over the last year and a half that we treated with a week of crate rest, gabapentin and prednisone. After he was cleared from surgery he did 16 weeks of PT are we regularly stretch and massage his shoulders and front legs. Our surgeon told us she wasn't sure if he would walk again after the surgery but here he is! If you're new to this, just know it's so scary and that is valid but with the proper care and resources these pups can live fulfilling and happy lives!

There are 2 lots in our neighborhood that had homes but we're condemned and taken down because the hill they were built on was basically sliding away. We have driven past those lots many times before and noticed so nice white irises that had been well established for years. Today we decided to go dig up a few and replant them in our yard. There are well over 200 irises and no one has been maintaining them and the lot is considered public land. We get our trowels and a bucket and start to dig up a few, careful to not damage the rest of them when the neighbor across the street comes to ask what we are doing. We tell her we are doing up a few to put on our yard. She tells us she is the one who planted them. We questioned her because my husband grew up in the neighborhood and had a childhood friend who lived in the house that used to be on that property so we are pretty sure she did not plant them. Either way, why would she plant irises on property that is not hers? We managed to get 3 in our bucket before she came over and griped at us for taking any of them. We decided to leave because I'm honestly not trying to fight with an old woman on mother's Day who clearly has nothing better to do. But AITA for doing it in the first place? And AITA for wanting to go back in the middle of the night to snag a few more just to spite her?

Context:

The lots have been abandoned, as in, not maintained for over 10 years by city or individual. I honestly didn't care enough to look up who owned the property to ask for permission because whoever owns it clearly doesn't care about it either. The neighborhood takes their dogs onto the lot for pees and poos. It's never been mowed or maintained and the irises have been there for over 10 years though the neighbor claimed to have planted them in 2020. The neighbor also doesn't own the land, not sure why you would plant bulbs on property that isn't yours either but that's neither here nor there. My husband grew up in this neighborhood and knew the family that had lived on this particular lot years ago before the homes were condemned and knocked down due to the clay and slope. The homes were sliding off the property.

Tonka pupdate, 1.5 year update following surgery for stage 4 with no DPS.

AITA? A lot with a bunch of white bearded irises has been left alone for years so we decided to dig a few up but the neighbor was pissed?!