Barbara, sorry to hear about your dog, Ginger. I lost my mutt, Chloe a couple of years ago. She was 15 and I had her since she was a pup. It's hard, but I know she's in a better place where, hopefully, she is young again. It is much harder to have more than one dog. I have 3, one Chi and 2 medium sized dogs. My husband, the dogs and I all live in an apartment. We plan to have kids soon, too. It will be a full house, but that's the way we love it! We will definately have to get a house soon. When we travel, we take all the dogs with us and it really is hard to deal with sometimes. It's so much more work. The good part about having 3 dogs is that they all play together and keep each other company. I am really lucky that they all get along so well. So, there are ups and downs to having multiple dogs. I love all my dogs and wouldn't trade them for the world, but sometimes, I envy people who only have one, LOL! Stef
Barbara Littlefield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
You don't know how tempting that is. We have just lost our big
mutt, Ginger, to old age. She was almost 16 and the protection between her
spinal cord and her spine just wore away. She was not in pain, but her rear
legs kept giving out from under her, and her left leg had taken on a life of
it's own. The failure was so rapid that we knew for her comfort we had to put
her to sleep before she became more frightened and puzzled than she already
was. She had been in her own world for the past year, but physically in good
shape, when the physical went ..... well we did what was very hard for us, but
we hope better for her.
Now it is just Raul, my husband and me. Raul is a 7 month old Chi puppy, I am
61, but my husband is soon to be 84 and not in good health. I am treasuring our
time together as a small family, but I know that it will be just Raul and me in
the foreseeable future.
When it is down to just the two of us I would like to travel again, both in
my very small trailer, and to visit friends and family. I am thinking that
showing up on a friends doorstep with one small, well behaved dog, will be
better than showing up with two. Also if it is a place where I can carry in a
dog, but not let it walk in on a leash, I can handle one, but not two. >From a
practical side I can see Raul being an only dog. But I would love for Raul to
have somebody to play with and relate to besides me.
I am torn. That is why I melt at each and every picture of a chi in need of a
home. So far none of them have been in my area, I would not ship by air, and my
husbands health prevents me from traveling overnight. Each day I look at the
dogs advertised by the local pound and I am grateful that they are all too big.
If a homeless Chi showed up on my doorstep I would fold, and I am not sure that
would be wise.
Barbara & Raul
----- Original Message -----
From: Jack&Mare
To: [email protected]
Sent: Friday, March 23, 2007 8:52 AM
Subject: Re: [Chihuahuas] Dog food???
Thanks Barbara
Now me I have Chihuahua puppies for sale.
Hahha.
Hugs,Mare
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From: Barbara Littlefield
Date: 03/23/07 09:31:05
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [Chihuahuas] Dog food???
Interesting, but not Chihuahuas, Raul won't let me even think about it.
I am glad for her, somebody who cares that much should be in the dog business.
Barbara & Raul
----- Original Message -----
From: Jack&Mare
To: [email protected]
Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2007 3:56 PM
Subject: Re: [Chihuahuas] Dog food???
Yes she almost quit the dog business but she had a new litter born
last night of dachshunds and she is estatic cause she got dapples and a
beautiful cream. 3 females and 3 males ...AKC if anyone is interested,
Thanks,Mare
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