I am still looking to adopt my new little friend. I have been using the website PetFinder.com This has not been productive. Every pet I’ve applied for, I’ve heard nothing back and one even came back on weeks after I applied. There is nothing in my applications that woud affect my ownership for a new dog.
A few weeks ago I saw an ad for a rehome. It was for a labrador retriever/Irish setter mix puppy. Her name is Bailey and she is 7 months old, housebroken, and would need to be spaded. I was able to contact her owner directly. The owner had the mother and father and they had decided to keep Bailey, but her husband traveled and she found it too much with the three dogs. Bailey is all black and I arranged for her to come to our house to meet her and her owner. We did find out that she hadn’t had any of her shots, which really surprised me for her age. She reminds me of Maggie to a T. I immediately loved her; extremely friendly, gets along with other dogs, cats and children. We had her outside for awhile and then brought her in. She proceeded to pee on the rug 3 times. It didn’t bother me, I assumed she was nervous. What bothered me was my inabilty to clean it up right away, because Pete was on it and he, of course didn’t have the patience and he also felt that she would be to big for me to handle. Pete was going to NC for the weekend and we said come Monday, we would pick her up and have her for a couple of days as a trial.
Yesterday he came home and I mentioned picking her up today. This was when he infomred me that “we decided” that she would get to big for me to handle and not to adopt her. Really? We did not decide, he did. Today I had the unfortunate job of texting the owner and telling her the situation. I feel very bad and disagree 100% with Pete’s decision. I’m mad and disappointed with myself for giving in to him. The old me would have driven and got her, the hell with how Pete felt. I hate that I have to admit that maybe I wouldn’t have been able to handle her on my own. I really hope Bailey finds a wonderful home with lots and lots of love.