*beating head against wall*

[lacey9875]

Oh, I just read those posts. Are you kidding me? "Drive far away and drop it off"?? I am truly shocked that people can be so heartless.

It infuriates me that people can act like animals are so disposable, but can you suggest a rescue for him? It honestly sounds like the poor dog would be better off.


I hope Mrs. Tired-of-her-dog-peeing gains 100 lbs during her pregnancy.

 

[rhoward]

Things have a way of working out if you want them to.... no matter what. I brought Sadie in to our family because we thought Rosa could not get pregnant after our 2nd attempt. Back to back DNCs are very scary and leaves little confidence that a full term pregnancy would ever be in the cards. Two weeks after we brought Sadie home Rosa was pregnant. I thought to myself, "How in the hell will I be able to take care of a pregnant woman, Newf puppy and two kids?". I had a glass of wine and looked at my choices. It was simple. Do what I always do when a challenge presents itself. Hit it head on and dare it to get in your way. That is how I like to live. Of course, Rosa lost that baby and Sadie's love was a saving grace for my wife. She was content that Rosa would be her baby. Sadie became a part of our family the moment we put her in the car to come home. There is nothing that would make me give her up. It is a lot of work to take care of her. I don't have her glued to my side 24/7. It's more like 16/7. LOL And I like it! When the baby comes some attention will shift and roles will change within the family. We will make it work. When you love your wife, your kids and your dog you make it work. We are near our 1st trimester and can't wait to see the relationship between our newborn and Sadie grow over time. That is so exciting to us. Maybe some people look at their pets in other ways and never build the relationship. That is sad. They are missing out.

 

[heather pluciennik]

I've seen lots of stupid people with dogs left in cages because they didn't want to potty train it. Their husband didn't like it so they left it caged until he left the house for work. Luckily one of my other friends took it off her hands and it's the best dog ever per it's new owners. I love happy endings and don't know why people even think they can take in a puppy.

 

[NinaA]

My Echo came from a family where the father wanted the puppy, but the wife had three children under 5. Echo was left in a crate all day and eventually returned to the breeder. We spent 9 months re-house training her. And she has been a gift ever since. I, too, was alone with three children. My husband traveled all the time. It never, ever occurred to me to get rid of a dog. EVER. They were a part of the family. And, they, as I've said before, helped take care of the babies. When I had my first child, and mind you I had no clue what I was doing and had never even held a baby, we brought him home from the hospital, put him on a blanket on the floor, and let the dog in. She sniffed from head to to and then laid down next to him on the blanket. Within a couple of days a baby was killed by a dachshund of all things in it's crib and I was immediately swarmed with questions of what I was going to do with my dogs now. I said simply, "Make sure the blanket on the floor is big enough." By this time the Lab was sleeping under his bed and getting us when he woke up and the rat terrier was sleeping with the baby on my husband's chest when the baby was collicy. I slept and they watched Johnny Carson. What would I have done without them? I don't know. Nessa, you'll be a great mom. You already are to Nanook and Pooka.

 

[kdwbellea]

First if I was even slightly pregnancy hormonal I would be maniacally crying and simultaneously trying to stab said stupid people through said computer, as it stands I am able to hold my feeling in by a tiny thread so that I do not spend hours obsessing on this. UGH not good for my mental health! So kudos for you! Second crazy as I am (yes very crazy) I found it easier to potty train the new puppy we “had” to add to our family right before my 2nd daughter was born.

One, I couldn’t sleep at night due to the huge watermelon I was hoisting around inside me so I was up all the time anyway to walk said puppy.

Two, once she was born as I was up for all the feeding, diaper changes, hey guess what mom my nights and days are confused so I am up for no reason, and the hey hold me cause I won’t sleep unless you do times anyway. (Good stuff) So potty breaks were a breeze.

Three, I was determined that my kids would sleep through anything, I did NOT want the baby woken up by the slightest creak in our old rickety house, so having 3 huge dogs running, barking, snoring while the baby was sleeping really worked, and to this day my girls will sleep through anything, once they are actually in bed I mean.

Four, after her birth when I was feeling all alone and like I was loosing my mind as a new mom, my sweet Bellea would be right there with me, loving me despite ALL my insecurities, sadness, tiredness, overprotectiveness, and crazy hormonal swings. As great as husband/family/friends can be when you give birth sometimes it’s the love of your dog/pet that actually gets you through the darkness. Those big doggy shoulders are great for hugs/tears/screams that plague new mommies.