Stopped in to say farewell - Page 2

I don't think you're the only one, Jen--such an offer would ONLY appeal to me if I could take my dogs, too--but that doesn't mean that it would be the correct choice for THIS person to make.  Things happen; most likely if Adreya knew this opportunity would be placed in her path before she'd brought Chase home, she wouldn't have brought a dog into her life then, but we're sooo limited in our ability to accurately predict what will come to pass. 

I didn't mean she shouldn't go; I just was surprised that no one had even hinted at thinking along my initial reaction which was "without my dogs? No way!" I wouldn't tell someone else they shouldn't take that kind of opportunity, but for me, it would just be out of the question sans dogs. I'd have to say "no, thank you."

I know I'm weird.

"Am I the only one who would turn down ANY opportunity that made me dump my dog?"

Nope.

Weird you may be, but if so, it's not because of how you'd react...I've lived in absolute *hovels*, when there were plenty of really nice, affordable rental properties available, because I wasn't giving up having my dogs living *with* me. Seems like a perfectly reasonable position to take, IMO, but I did think you were saying that the OP shouldn't go, so I apologize for having had that impression.

Oh, good. I just didn't want to seem like I was judging or saying she shouldn't go. 

I live in a hovel currently (well, not a hovel, but nowhere NEAR where I could live/used to live w/out them!) to keep mine all at home and my horses, too, in the face of major life-changing events. The "easy" solution (to everyone else) is to sell them and move "closer to town" and to an "easier to maintain" kind of house. I do have dogs on the property that could go, and will go when I find them the RIGHT homes, but they are not and never were my personal dogs, so I'm not meaning to imply that rehoming is a bad thing at all. But to part with my ONE dog to do something else would just rip my heart out. 

I do wish you the best, Adreya, and have to say that you should be thankful that your breeder is taking him and you're not forced to find him a less-optimal place to go so you can accept this opportunity. There are a lot of people in dire need of finding homes for their animals who have nowhere to turn and their breeders won't take them back. 

Good luck and have fun on your travels, Adreya! Jenni, you're definitely not the only one ;-) My in-laws are certain that I'm crazy....

It's better if they think you're crazy. I let everyone think I'm crazy, a loose cannon, really. If they think you're crazy, they don't push you too far. Not only that, but being thought of as crazy allows you a lot of leeway/freedom. 

WE DON'T KNOW ADREYA'S SITUATION. I AM SURE SHE IS  GOING TO MISS HER BELOVED CHASE! GOOD LUCK IN YOUR TRAVELS ADREYA, AND I AM SURE CHASE'S BREEDERS WILL DO THE VERY BEST FOR HIM. HE IS A MOST GORGEOUS GSD. TAKE CARE.

Sometimes fate deals us a hand that cannot be denied....good luck Adreya, the world is a dangerous place, too bad your Protector can't accompany you!

And kudos to Chase's breeder for taking him back; he's such a handsome boy, who could turn away that face!

And Jenni78, I'm 'hoveling' right now too, looking desperately for a better place to accommodate my dogs, my mother (& her cats), my husband, & my self...without lengthening my already 1 hour commute!

No, I have the same commitment to my dogs that I had to my kids....I wouldn't have kicked them out either, if they hadn't left the nest on their own. And they went with me where ever I went, even to work on occassion, as my dogs do now! (they haven't been to my work in quite a while, but they've all visited at least once, so they understand the funny smells I come home with!) When we moved from Hawai'i to Nevada, we took our only four-legged family member, our cat.  It was difficult finding housing with a pet, but not impossible. And when I traveled for work as a young adult, I took my mutt with me, a half Irish Setter, half Husky, so not a sleeve dog. My employer actually encouraged me to do so, for my safety! And they helped with finding hotels/motels that would take Ziggy & I....& I can tell you, when I had those inner city assignments he saved my behind more than once! That was domestic travel, & not on airlines, & obviously not through miriad customs. Too bad Chase is not a service dog....

Ah well, good luck anyway, to you & Chase both, as you start your new lives............jackie harris