We had three dogs at Christmas, two very elderly small dogs and one rescue collie who is middle aged. The two small dogs died at Christmas and we were devastated as both were my babies. We still have the rescue collie who is loving being the only dog now.
The problem is that a lady at work has told me of her friend who breeds poodles and has a runt that she cannot sell and may have pts. The pup is only 3 weeks old and the breeder sounds a lovely person as she is going to wait until the pup is 12 weeks old before asking the vet's advice. There is no way to tell as yet whether there will be any health issues but the pup is exceptionally small, about half the size of brothers & sisters in the litter. The breeder would be happy to give the pup to someone as a pet as long as there was no come back re health issues later due to being a runt.
My dh has made me promise not to take on any more dogs as we are due to retire in a few years time and he wants to be pet free. I maintain the dogs have kept us very fit over the years and are like babies to me, especially now my own darling bc's have kids of their own.
I know dh would cave in if I begged. But should I trample over his dreams of a dog free retirement. He dreams of no more finding kennels or sitters for holidays. A lovely garden (finally!) No more need to only eat out at dog friendly pubs.
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Have been offered a runt but dh may object
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Igottwo · 20/04/2016 15:44
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