Post by waferswafers on Dec 6, 2016 13:39:38 GMT -5
Hi folks,
Six months after losing our beautiful old grey girl to the dreaded c word, we have just taken on a five year old rescue girl. She was returned to the rescue centre prior to us taking on. Apparently the family who'd owned her returned her after 12 months or so. The rescue weren't totally sure what the reasons were, but it transpires she'd been living with a family with kids, as well as another smaller dog. Basically she was very used to a busy home with something going on all the time.
Now she's with us, she's in a child-free home, with only a cat for company (she's cat friendly). It's the polar opposite of what she's used to.
She seems very quiet, isn't eating a pile, and generally seems pretty fed up. She's been with us for a week. Between my partner and myself, she'll get four days of us around (one or the other of us) as our days off are different to each other. The other three days are covered by me racing back from work to let her out at lunchtimes. Longer term, I guess we'll have to get a professional dog letter-outer... Previously, with our old girl, I worked much nearer to home and was usually driving past at lunch time, so letting out was not an issue.
We're now seriously questioning whether we're the right people for her. She's a gorgeous girl, and a proper stunner. However, we are VERY aware that our home is so massively different to what she is accustomed to, and probably liked. She's been well looked after and clearly isn't an abused dog.
Any thoughts on this and the lunchtime letting out? She deserves a good home, and we just aren't convinced ours is fair on her.
Six months after losing our beautiful old grey girl to the dreaded c word, we have just taken on a five year old rescue girl. She was returned to the rescue centre prior to us taking on. Apparently the family who'd owned her returned her after 12 months or so. The rescue weren't totally sure what the reasons were, but it transpires she'd been living with a family with kids, as well as another smaller dog. Basically she was very used to a busy home with something going on all the time.
Now she's with us, she's in a child-free home, with only a cat for company (she's cat friendly). It's the polar opposite of what she's used to.
She seems very quiet, isn't eating a pile, and generally seems pretty fed up. She's been with us for a week. Between my partner and myself, she'll get four days of us around (one or the other of us) as our days off are different to each other. The other three days are covered by me racing back from work to let her out at lunchtimes. Longer term, I guess we'll have to get a professional dog letter-outer... Previously, with our old girl, I worked much nearer to home and was usually driving past at lunch time, so letting out was not an issue.
We're now seriously questioning whether we're the right people for her. She's a gorgeous girl, and a proper stunner. However, we are VERY aware that our home is so massively different to what she is accustomed to, and probably liked. She's been well looked after and clearly isn't an abused dog.
Any thoughts on this and the lunchtime letting out? She deserves a good home, and we just aren't convinced ours is fair on her.
