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<blockquote data-quote="Hound dog" data-source="post: 386986" data-attributes="member: 84"><p>I totally get the dog thing. </p><p></p><p>But before you do, please think long and hard. </p><p></p><p>You already have one huge Marley type dog. And I can picture him in my mind because we had one like him many many years ago. (and I'm like awwww lol) He had already run the cats out of the house. Happens, some dogs just don't like cats. But what happens if he runs the new puppy out too? In the current economy re-housing a pet is difficult at best.</p><p></p><p>You also need to be honest with yourself about <strong>who</strong> this new puppy is for as well. If puppy is really for difficult child, will she be able to attend to puppy's daily needs and training. If not, are you prepared to do it for her? </p><p></p><p>And after those questions............I'll tell you something. Travis was 13. It was a very low time in the boy's life. His behavior had become irratic, making friends impossible, he was miserable. I thought having a dog may calm Travis and give him a nonjudgmental buddy to hang out with. He was all for the idea. So we adopted Mr. Rowdy, a beautiful sturdy white lab. Since daily care of the dog makes the bond much stronger, Travis was taught how to care for Rowdy. It wasn't hard, Rowdy is smart as a whip and eager to please and he adored Travis the first moment he laid eyes on him. So things seem to be going great. Although Travis does not quite socialize with Rowdy as much as we thought he would, which was ok because Nichole and I picked up the slack. Second winter came along and Travis (we've never figured out why) began to <strong>pretend</strong> to feed Rowdy. Rowdy was in bad shape by the time I realized what was going on and nursed him back to normal weight. Travis was punished and we had a long talk. The following summer........it happened again, but was caught much faster. I took over care of Rowdy at that point. Sad thing is........Rowdy, although he is one of the most patient loving dogs in the world.......did nothing to "help" Travis, they for whatever reason, did not bond the way I'd hoped they would. Rowdy still adores Travis. Travis loves Rowdy.......when he thinks about him. That was the problem. Rowdy is now 11 yrs old. Huge mistake but I refused to re-home him because Rowdy had done nothing wrong, my plan just did not work. Travis is much closer to Betsy (Rowdy's 4 yr old daughter) than Rowdy.........of course it's still when he comes into contact with her. Travis is a very social out of sight out of mind sort of person.</p><p></p><p>Just something to think about. Only good thing that came out of it is we discovered Travis could never have a helper dog if he lived alone. He'd forget to feed and care for it.<img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/tongue.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":tongue:" title="tongue :tongue:" data-shortname=":tongue:" /></p><p></p><p>Molly was adopted for the entire family. But she bonded big time with Nichole and me. Nichole needed that and for the rest of her childhood.....age 11 and up........she and Molly did practically everything together. She even comes to just visit Molly sometimes. lol When Nichole was at her lowest Molly would cuddle her, she slept with her, she always seems to know when Nichole needs her most. </p><p></p><p>So it can go either way.........my point is you need to be prepared for it to go either way so you're not caught off guard and discover later that adopting a puppy was a desperate awful idea. Know what I mean??</p><p></p><p>You have to do what's right for you in the end. Just some food for thought. by the way I love puppies.<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></p><p></p><p>Hugs</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hound dog, post: 386986, member: 84"] I totally get the dog thing. But before you do, please think long and hard. You already have one huge Marley type dog. And I can picture him in my mind because we had one like him many many years ago. (and I'm like awwww lol) He had already run the cats out of the house. Happens, some dogs just don't like cats. But what happens if he runs the new puppy out too? In the current economy re-housing a pet is difficult at best. You also need to be honest with yourself about [B]who[/B] this new puppy is for as well. If puppy is really for difficult child, will she be able to attend to puppy's daily needs and training. If not, are you prepared to do it for her? And after those questions............I'll tell you something. Travis was 13. It was a very low time in the boy's life. His behavior had become irratic, making friends impossible, he was miserable. I thought having a dog may calm Travis and give him a nonjudgmental buddy to hang out with. He was all for the idea. So we adopted Mr. Rowdy, a beautiful sturdy white lab. Since daily care of the dog makes the bond much stronger, Travis was taught how to care for Rowdy. It wasn't hard, Rowdy is smart as a whip and eager to please and he adored Travis the first moment he laid eyes on him. So things seem to be going great. Although Travis does not quite socialize with Rowdy as much as we thought he would, which was ok because Nichole and I picked up the slack. Second winter came along and Travis (we've never figured out why) began to [B]pretend[/B] to feed Rowdy. Rowdy was in bad shape by the time I realized what was going on and nursed him back to normal weight. Travis was punished and we had a long talk. The following summer........it happened again, but was caught much faster. I took over care of Rowdy at that point. Sad thing is........Rowdy, although he is one of the most patient loving dogs in the world.......did nothing to "help" Travis, they for whatever reason, did not bond the way I'd hoped they would. Rowdy still adores Travis. Travis loves Rowdy.......when he thinks about him. That was the problem. Rowdy is now 11 yrs old. Huge mistake but I refused to re-home him because Rowdy had done nothing wrong, my plan just did not work. Travis is much closer to Betsy (Rowdy's 4 yr old daughter) than Rowdy.........of course it's still when he comes into contact with her. Travis is a very social out of sight out of mind sort of person. Just something to think about. Only good thing that came out of it is we discovered Travis could never have a helper dog if he lived alone. He'd forget to feed and care for it.:raspberry-tounge: Molly was adopted for the entire family. But she bonded big time with Nichole and me. Nichole needed that and for the rest of her childhood.....age 11 and up........she and Molly did practically everything together. She even comes to just visit Molly sometimes. lol When Nichole was at her lowest Molly would cuddle her, she slept with her, she always seems to know when Nichole needs her most. So it can go either way.........my point is you need to be prepared for it to go either way so you're not caught off guard and discover later that adopting a puppy was a desperate awful idea. Know what I mean?? You have to do what's right for you in the end. Just some food for thought. by the way I love puppies.:happy: Hugs [/QUOTE]
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