hey, before I start, I love dogs. Crazy about any wagging tail that I see. But I'm so over this. Me and my wife adopted an adorable 12 yo pitbull named king 2 years ago, after our pequines died from cancer. We love him and give him attention all the time, but he still gets lonely. He used to live with a shin tzu his last owner had, and he misses the company. after a lot of hard and scary experiences, we discovered that king HATES big dogs, medium dogs, or any dog that is slightly on the bigger side. So we started looking for a small friend for him, and we looked, and looked, and looked.. for more than a year. Look, we aren't perfect. We're young (24-26), we can't have kids (gay and more personal reasons), we're not drowning in money (but we never skipped a meeting with the vet), and we own a picky "dangerous" dog. But we do have a big yard, an huge field next to our house, and so much love to give. We can be the perfect family, but for more than a year no one has given us a chance. I'm calling shelters 24/7, going to adoption days, sending so many messages that it's almost absurd, yet we always get a no. Last week we met a beautiful pequines with no back legs, we fell in love, king fell in love, everything was a done deal, then the day she was supposed to arrive, they gave her to one of the volunteers family member. Cause f us. And f our feelings. I'm so done, so heart broken, so sick of practically begging volunteers to let us adopt as if THEY are doing us a favor instead of US rescuing a dog, I can't do this anymore. All around me people are buying puppies and looking so darn happy it hurts, while I've cried so much during this year that I got migraines. I know that buying is horrible, I know that so many dogs are being kept in a shelter, but I can't do this anymore. and meanwhile our dog is getting older and lonelier. I just want kings last years to be happy and full of life, and us to have another baby at home, and stop this exhausting search. I don't think I can handle another last minute no. And Of course I'll look into good places who treat the dogs nicely and not as a walking business, ill never buy from a puppy mill or a place that harm dogs. Am I really that big of an asshole for wanting to buy a dog?
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