[MENTION=3144]Dogg Thang[/MENTION]: thanks for your empathetic viewpoint.
She definitely isn't getting the boot to upset the daughter. I was willing to share the load; feeding, training, walking, pooper scooping, etc. but I've been doing it all, or 95% of it and that's not what I signed up for. The problem is not the beautiful dog, it's us. I have always enjoyed greeting and playing with dogs, but after the interaction, my first thought is "now where can I wash my hands?". I don't think dog people think like that.
Also, I don't resent Tilly, I know it's not her. I took her for a walk yesterday in the morning and she saw another dog on the other side of the road and she was very interested but sat down behind my legs and peered out. Last night on another walk she met an old, stately looking Lab and they had a wonderful interaction (she was a little skittish) and when we got home she was so pumped up, she went mad, playing with me in the garden, like she had a new lease of life. It broke my heart knowing that we were going to give her up, but we shouldn't have gone down this road. Now we're all a bit worse off.
She definitely isn't getting the boot to upset the daughter. I was willing to share the load; feeding, training, walking, pooper scooping, etc. but I've been doing it all, or 95% of it and that's not what I signed up for. The problem is not the beautiful dog, it's us. I have always enjoyed greeting and playing with dogs, but after the interaction, my first thought is "now where can I wash my hands?". I don't think dog people think like that.
Also, I don't resent Tilly, I know it's not her. I took her for a walk yesterday in the morning and she saw another dog on the other side of the road and she was very interested but sat down behind my legs and peered out. Last night on another walk she met an old, stately looking Lab and they had a wonderful interaction (she was a little skittish) and when we got home she was so pumped up, she went mad, playing with me in the garden, like she had a new lease of life. It broke my heart knowing that we were going to give her up, but we shouldn't have gone down this road. Now we're all a bit worse off.
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