I have been working since I was 14 and since then I have saved to have a house. It was a dream that I wanted to fulfill, but it became necessary when I had my son. I got pregnant when I was 18 and my son’s father left us when my little one turned three. My mother supports me and between the two of us we pay rent, food, utilities and she also helps me with my son when she can. During the pandemic I lost my job and we survived with what I had saved for my house, since we continued paying rent, utilities and basic needs.
I cannot access a loan due to my job because it is not formal and they do not give us legal benefits. I recently finished high school, here it is called bachiller, and now I can have a better job with benefits, but I still have to wait 5 or 8 years to access a loan.
At the moment I work in a fast food restaurant, I sell catalog products among others, I also clean 3 different houses a week in my free time, all to be able to save again, but food prices have gone up a lot. , services, medicines etc. That it has become impossible for me to save.
Now my dream has become a greater need because my sister has returned to live with us. Her partner left when she was one month after giving birth and also left her dog. Now my mother, my sister and her baby, my son and I, two dogs that we already had and the one that my sister brought, live in the small apartment.
He is a pitbull dog and the first few months he was here he got a skin disease and stopped eating, we thought he was depressed because they abandoned him and with treatment and many visits to the vet we were able to get him through. I highlight his breed because he is a large dog and now that he is healthy he is very strong. Since he arrived we tried to include him because we already had two more dogs and we wanted to make him feel loved, but when he recovered he started to behave aggressively, he barked at us, he bit us “playing” and he did everything while playing. until he attacked one of our other dogs, but this one did it seriously and because of his strength we couldn’t separate them. The vet suggested a trainer and the trainer told us that dogs are unpredictable and even if they are trained, they can go a long time without attacking until they do it again and suggested we separate them. Also, he attacked my male dog, so it was a fight for dominance.
We followed the trainer’s instructions so our routine was based on putting our two dogs, who have always been together, in a bedroom and having the other one free, living with everyone and then putting him in and taking the others out. And so every day at different times… sometimes they have escaped us and indeed, my big dog attacks my other dog again. In total he has attacked him three times and that is why we have become more paranoid and strict.
The solution in my country is to give him up for adoption, but since he is not a pure breed (he is a mixed breed) they do not want him and we are afraid that they will abandon him. Also in my country, although it is a crime, they still have dog fights and we are afraid that they want me to fight. The other option is to put him to sleep, but for us it is not an option, the dog is only 2 years old and it does not seem fair to us that he does not have a full life full of love…
My request is too big, I know. I have gotten used to working since I was very little and I know that everything costs, that nothing is free, but it really suffocates me and I know that my mother and my sister feel the same, the three of us work tirelessly and our efforts only give us what we need, We don’t even have normal entertainment, before the pandemic I could even afford to take my son to the movies once every two months, now we can’t afford anything more than the basic needs. I want the money to buy a house and take a load off our shoulders and the house I have seen is perfect. It is not very expensive, due to gentrification all prices have risen a lot, but it is one of the few houses that are not so expensive and I love it because it has 2 separate patios… so my dogs can be free. without them fighting, it is even a space for children. It is not necessary to cover what it costs, I can work twice as hard to continue paying for the house and for my family to have a safe place to enjoy. I hate having my son in so much poverty, I really try, but the money is not enough.
Pd1:If you decide to help me, please put “donation” in the concept so they don’t take too much from me in taxes. please. this is my paypal link https://www.paypal.me/k9619
Pd2:I have translated this with Google Translator I hope you understand me
Pd3:the house costs 350,000 dollars