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<blockquote data-quote="Mattsmom277" data-source="post: 307210" data-attributes="member: 4264"><p>Umm ... none of these might interest you, but in a pinch to avoid a shelter for you and your dogs ... maybe something here would work if it came to necessity.</p><p></p><p>- Consider making a room for rent to a university student or a single person who can afford rent all inclusive and could use a break financially by house sharing. The money could supplement a low paying or minimum wage paying salary if you don't find something right away on your field. Sharing a home can be horrible but with the right person, with the right agreement on how to share the space, it can turn out to be a good thing. Even maybe someone who works the opposite shift you do so that you sort of are ships in the night, missing each other and giving you both private time in the house.</p><p></p><p>- You obviously love your dogs. How about putting an ad in the paper that you are available for dog sitting. If you find work that you need the extra income still, you could be available during the hours you aren't working or on weekends or whatever. Even if you only had a few people you dogsit for, it could offset the cost of your dogs foods, any vet bills etc. You can choose how many dogs you could comfortably handle. One? Two? And if your dogs don't get along with another, then it doesn't work out. But they might enjoy some company as well and it can be lucrative. My neighbor, I don't charge her. She's a retired widow and struggles but boy she loves her dog. I do to. When I'm not available she gladly pays the doggy daycare as she wants quality care for her dog. The expense is unreal. Undercutting the cost and offering a more close quality of care by being in a home and not a kennel? They avoid the high fee, they avoid their dogs getting kennel cough. No cages. Proper walks. Etc. </p><p></p><p>That's all I've come up with off the top of my head, but I'm sure there are other creative ideas. I'm sorry you are struggling right now. And I really hope that the Hawaii job works out of another great opportunity heads your way.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mattsmom277, post: 307210, member: 4264"] Umm ... none of these might interest you, but in a pinch to avoid a shelter for you and your dogs ... maybe something here would work if it came to necessity. - Consider making a room for rent to a university student or a single person who can afford rent all inclusive and could use a break financially by house sharing. The money could supplement a low paying or minimum wage paying salary if you don't find something right away on your field. Sharing a home can be horrible but with the right person, with the right agreement on how to share the space, it can turn out to be a good thing. Even maybe someone who works the opposite shift you do so that you sort of are ships in the night, missing each other and giving you both private time in the house. - You obviously love your dogs. How about putting an ad in the paper that you are available for dog sitting. If you find work that you need the extra income still, you could be available during the hours you aren't working or on weekends or whatever. Even if you only had a few people you dogsit for, it could offset the cost of your dogs foods, any vet bills etc. You can choose how many dogs you could comfortably handle. One? Two? And if your dogs don't get along with another, then it doesn't work out. But they might enjoy some company as well and it can be lucrative. My neighbor, I don't charge her. She's a retired widow and struggles but boy she loves her dog. I do to. When I'm not available she gladly pays the doggy daycare as she wants quality care for her dog. The expense is unreal. Undercutting the cost and offering a more close quality of care by being in a home and not a kennel? They avoid the high fee, they avoid their dogs getting kennel cough. No cages. Proper walks. Etc. That's all I've come up with off the top of my head, but I'm sure there are other creative ideas. I'm sorry you are struggling right now. And I really hope that the Hawaii job works out of another great opportunity heads your way. [/QUOTE]
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