Janice M Cali
I've lost my mind!
Powder Puff Chinese Crested - Silly
I'm doing it again, I'm losing my mind. I've actually become unsane again. Yes, as you can see from the picture I'm looking at dogs, but not my usual big dogs, greyhounds, but little lap dogs, who can sit in the car in a car seat and be safe with a harness, and who can poop little poops, and who don't eat too much, and who are as cute as can be and would be good companions to Roux 'b Doux, you remember her, my standard poodle?
The above shown is named Silly, a silly name but from one of her pictures it fits her, and since I once had a cat named Brat, Silly isn't all that strange. She is a retired show dog, a champion, five years old and in need of a good home. That I can provide, easily. I have all the qualifications for a home for a dog, besides being devoted to them and their well being. I love 'em, know how to care for them and all that stuff. I can even train them if necessary.
However, there is no adoption fee, but there is the spaying fee, which, of course, I don't have, no I don't. I've written about how much Zeus cost in the past few months of his life, is last visit to the vet was close to $400.00 and just about put me under financially.
What I would do with one or even two more dogs, I don't know. Right now my life is in utter chaos, I'm fixing up my home so I can sell it, my health has been up and down, my shrink thinks I'm heading in the bipolar direction, and my depression is frequently out of hand. So, of course, it makes sense to think about adopting one or two more dogs, but at least they are small, not large like a greyhound or an Ibesian hound or a Borzoi, and all three have adoption centers, matter of fact I found two senior, well 7 year old, Borzois who need a together home, they were raised together and need to stay together if humanly possible, and I seriously thought of adopting them, but where in the world would I put them? Where would they run? Where would they go potty? The yard just isn't big enough. Damn, I'm nutz!
My friend suggested that I make an agreement with the breeder of the two Crested to let me have them unspayed, since there is a really good spay and neuter clinic near here that does the spaying and neutering for $50.00 per dog, and that would save me a bundle.
Damn, I am nuts to even think of doing this, but I want Roux to have company when I have to be away and I want these two lovely ladies, see below, to have a wonderful home.
Silly & Diva together
I want both to have a home where they can live out their days without fear of losing their home, without fear of being mistreated, without fear of anything. Someplace where puppyhood starts again, and they can be eternal puppies as is Roux and was Zeus and my other greys.
This is silly and probably unrealistic but I want both of those dogs, I just have to figure out how to get them, without spending $400.00 and breaking the bank forever. I've thought of one way but an not sure the breeder would go for it. I can only approach her and ask. Humm, I wonder what I'll come up with next? Only time will tell.
Meanwhile, I have to think very hard about the sanity of adopting one or two little retired show dogs and giving them house space and love, the last I can do, I can the first too, but I have to think of Roux too, would she like two more dogs, both at once? I have to consider this too, is she really happy as an only dog? It's been three years since she's been one, and I can't tell if she's really happy or not.
Only time and a flash of sanity will tell me what to do, meanwhile I'll ponder the alternatives, the reality, which is warped, and all the other things that are involved in adopting one, much less two, of these dogs..
Movies and Life
What did you end up deciding to do?
Tracy
I just don't know. I don't have the money, my family is against me getting another dog right now because of the expenses involved, and me being broke but I sure miss having two dogs. And I'm pretty sure Roux could use the company. So I don't know, wait for a while I suppose. I'll keep you posted.
Janice