Hound dog
Nana's are Beautiful
Gracie will be leaving us this afternoon. Her forever family is traveling from Pennsylvia to pick her up. This amazes me that someone will drive so far for a pup who is a mix breed with issues.
Deb, the woman I've been working with to find Gracie's forever home came over tonight to take more pics of Gracie and to meet her. She fell head over heels for the pup, despite that Gracie was terribly shy. (although I was proud she did better than I'd expected) She stayed and visited and got to know Gracie for about 2 hrs. During that time Gracie did warm up to letting Deb pet her and feed her treats.
Deb said the forever family called and are iffy. (Deb has another dog, an Irish Setter they're also interested in) But not to worry because even if forever family waffles out, she has another who is very very interested in adopting Gracie. She said there probably would've been more but she removed Gracie from the website once the forever family was vet approved and met all the adoption requirements and arrangments were made to pick up Gracie.
Pick up is still set for tomorrow.
However, Deb kept asking if I was sure I wanted to give Gracie up. She said it's obvious I've grown to love her.
Well, yeah. I have. She is so like my Molly. And lord knows the sun rises and sets on my Molly girl. Guess I couldn't help myself. And for some odd unknown reason, Gracie has recently taken a huge shine to me too. I swear I've done nothing to encourage it. But there it is.
So I'm sad tonight.
Stupid, huh? I didn't want this pup here in the first place.
But loving her doesn't change the situation. We can't afford another pet. We're too overcrowded as it is. And I simply don't have the time to spend giving her the training and such she needs.
She deserves a happy life with a loving family. I know that. I want that. And I'm happy for her. I really am. Because I know she'll be happier in the long run.
But there is gonna be an empty space here for awhile, while we re-adjust to life without Gracie here. The animals are gonna feel it too. Betsy will miss her playmate she's grown so fond of over these past weeks. Molly has grown accustom to animals passing thru.
Just seems so darn foolish to feel this way over a pup I didn't want and tried so hard not to get attached to. *sigh*
Deb, the woman I've been working with to find Gracie's forever home came over tonight to take more pics of Gracie and to meet her. She fell head over heels for the pup, despite that Gracie was terribly shy. (although I was proud she did better than I'd expected) She stayed and visited and got to know Gracie for about 2 hrs. During that time Gracie did warm up to letting Deb pet her and feed her treats.
Deb said the forever family called and are iffy. (Deb has another dog, an Irish Setter they're also interested in) But not to worry because even if forever family waffles out, she has another who is very very interested in adopting Gracie. She said there probably would've been more but she removed Gracie from the website once the forever family was vet approved and met all the adoption requirements and arrangments were made to pick up Gracie.
Pick up is still set for tomorrow.
However, Deb kept asking if I was sure I wanted to give Gracie up. She said it's obvious I've grown to love her.
Well, yeah. I have. She is so like my Molly. And lord knows the sun rises and sets on my Molly girl. Guess I couldn't help myself. And for some odd unknown reason, Gracie has recently taken a huge shine to me too. I swear I've done nothing to encourage it. But there it is.
So I'm sad tonight.
Stupid, huh? I didn't want this pup here in the first place.
But loving her doesn't change the situation. We can't afford another pet. We're too overcrowded as it is. And I simply don't have the time to spend giving her the training and such she needs.
She deserves a happy life with a loving family. I know that. I want that. And I'm happy for her. I really am. Because I know she'll be happier in the long run.
But there is gonna be an empty space here for awhile, while we re-adjust to life without Gracie here. The animals are gonna feel it too. Betsy will miss her playmate she's grown so fond of over these past weeks. Molly has grown accustom to animals passing thru.
Just seems so darn foolish to feel this way over a pup I didn't want and tried so hard not to get attached to. *sigh*