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Originally Posted by Ryder&SophieSue
Okay i am gonna bite the bullet here...I am one of those people...the last one was sammy...there were good reasonings as to why i had to find her another home...But i have also discovered that i just cannot take on another animal...I am so happy with the two that i have. I have always done this, my entire married life...I don't know why i do it, but no more...I guess i just keep thinking oh well i am helping this animal, giving it love...but you know they never had their shots, flea med or anything else...THey just had my love and attention...But i can honestly say now after breeding dachshuds(they were reg. and had all their shots wormings and all that), that when we quit, i just didn't ever want a house full of dogs anymore...I don't know how many people try to give me dogs, and its like nope can't help ya, and i feel bad cause i don't know where that animal is going but i just can't do it anymore...anyway i expect some very bad feedback from everyone and i am prepared to take it,, but i am so glad she found you she looks very happy.
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I understand not wanting a house fill of dogs. I really do. Just irks me because my parents did it but they've also never really been any kind of responsible and were the kind of people who wanted a dog to come fully trainined and just perfect. they never wanted to do the training or anything required for sanitys sake. We're currently trying to rehome a dog we rescued and having 4 dogs in the house right now is driving me batty. My husband and i have always had 2 dogs and 2 cats until recently. Well we have 4 dogs and two cats. the cats wont ever go until they're ready to go to kitty cat heaven. My husbands dog isn't going anywhere except the rainbow bridge when he's ready and being 6 this coming january, we have a while before he decides he's done with us lol. My adult Zena is living with my inlaws possibly for the rest of her life if we are unable to get moved some place the humidity wont be as hard on her ears and head. Shelby will be with us until she literally forces us to put her to sleep because nobody else can handle her and her issues. No joke. She is just really quirky and we've had GSD only trainers try to work with her and it just wont happen. And Shasta isn't going anywhere because she's out latest puppy who was actually supposed to take the place of Riley's companion/playmate but we got Shelby before Shasta. Mia is the one we're trying to rehome because my parents had finally gotten to the point they wanted another dog after their last one disappeared (stolen by neighborhood kids) and we were going to give them Mia since she was only supposed to be with us a short time anyway and now they cant take her. 4 dogs is driving me nuts. Mia is very sweet and very good with kids and other animals and she's the best behaved dog i've ever been around in my life! but she was abused by her last two owners so she's extremely submissive and i'm getting to the point that i feel her quality of life will not improve because she seems to adamently refuse to calm down and de-stress. The ONLY time this dog is happy is when Shasta tackles her.
I guess my issue is not people who have a valid reason for having to rehome a pet but "they just wont fit in my car" is not a valid reason in my book. I wont give up one of my kids and my pets are my furry kids and i'll fight tooth and nail and then some to keep them as well. We're seriously looking into buying a van just so we have more than enough space for everyone to be comfy on road trips and when we do move to a different state! I agree that people should find out what they can and can not have where they live so they dont have to get rid of the animal for that reason but more often than not, getting rid of an animal is because they just didnt want to deal with more work. If we do somehow manage to find Mia a good home, instead of having to put her to sleep, i will screen her potential home and do everything in my power she'll go to the best possible place but after that, her fate is literally out of my hands.