The dog lovers here are going to think I am terrible. But I have got to vent about this.
I am talking to the wonderful Lab Rescue folks here about finding a good home for Daisy, the 1-year-old chocolate lab we have been keeping since March. She was supposed to go back to my son and his family when they relocated but it winds up they don't have suitable facilities to keep her.
So I am supposed to finish the papers this afternoon saying I will sign her over, and my eyes keep getting too cloudy to do it. But what choice do I have?
I have to have knee surgery next month. My wife had a mini-stroke last month. We have steep stairs to the basement and to the backyard and I have to keep negotiating them to see after Daisy. Yesterday she again broke through our picket fence because she wanted to play with some kids, so I had to go chasing after her. Again. I don't know how I could take care of her when I am rehabbing my knee. My wife sure can't go running after her. And she probably needs more of the attention I have to give Dasiy right now.
We are both attached to Daisy but she is very high maintenance. The Lab Rescue people conduct interviews and screenings to place the labs and they assure us they would go the extra mile to find Daisy a great home. She needs a younger family and lots of space to run. (We have the space but not the youth.) Being just 1 year old, I think she would bond quickly with a permanent family. (Heck if she stays with us, she might outlive us both anyway.)
Of course we have Sadie, an older golden/lab mix but she is no trouble. She takes care of us instead of the other way around. Sadie's not going anywhere (though she'll probably miss Daisy too -- even though at times she thinks she's a pest.)
So that's what I am doing this sad Sunday afternoon. It is not easy.
I am talking to the wonderful Lab Rescue folks here about finding a good home for Daisy, the 1-year-old chocolate lab we have been keeping since March. She was supposed to go back to my son and his family when they relocated but it winds up they don't have suitable facilities to keep her.
So I am supposed to finish the papers this afternoon saying I will sign her over, and my eyes keep getting too cloudy to do it. But what choice do I have?
I have to have knee surgery next month. My wife had a mini-stroke last month. We have steep stairs to the basement and to the backyard and I have to keep negotiating them to see after Daisy. Yesterday she again broke through our picket fence because she wanted to play with some kids, so I had to go chasing after her. Again. I don't know how I could take care of her when I am rehabbing my knee. My wife sure can't go running after her. And she probably needs more of the attention I have to give Dasiy right now.
We are both attached to Daisy but she is very high maintenance. The Lab Rescue people conduct interviews and screenings to place the labs and they assure us they would go the extra mile to find Daisy a great home. She needs a younger family and lots of space to run. (We have the space but not the youth.) Being just 1 year old, I think she would bond quickly with a permanent family. (Heck if she stays with us, she might outlive us both anyway.)
Of course we have Sadie, an older golden/lab mix but she is no trouble. She takes care of us instead of the other way around. Sadie's not going anywhere (though she'll probably miss Daisy too -- even though at times she thinks she's a pest.)
So that's what I am doing this sad Sunday afternoon. It is not easy.