She is asleep on my couch right now. The last few days have been a whirlwind and I'm worn out! Matt and I have discussed getting a dog for some time now and it's always been an "in the future" type though. I found a post on craigslist about a pitbull puppy mix that needed a new home. I wrote the lady who had her, we exchanged e-mails, pics and this past Friday we went to meet her. The only thing that's throwing a thorn in our spine is our landlord. I texted him on Wednesday to let him know we were looking at dogs, he was okay with this but wanted us to stay away from "aggressive breeds". I told him about our meeting with Emma on Friday and if we should skip it, no response from him so we went.
We didn't expect to take her home so soon but the owner asked if we wanted her and we said "sure!". We had no supplies. We get her home and that's when we receive another text from the landlord that he would prefer a different breed. I wanted to bang my head against the wall. If this guy is so concerned with us getting a dog, specifically one that has a little pitbull in her, then why is he taking days to respond. I texted him back stating that we had her for the weekend and we wanted him to come meet her before he makes a final decisions. Still no response and that was on Friday! Honestly, it sucks that this whole breed of dogs gets a bad rap because of media hysterics. I understand that some of these dogs are bred to fight and obviously that's not okay and I feel bad for those little guys. Emma has lived with a family since she's been born, a family with kids and another dog. She's been nothing but friendly with us, doesn't bark and only get's a little crazy every now and then because she's still a puppy.
I can't sleep, I just wish he would come and meet her and we would be all set. I don't know what we are going to do if he won't let us have her :(
These past few days have been incredibly busy though. Man, I though I was busy before. The focus is now totally on her. She did have a few accidents inside but now we have her little potty spot outside and I think she's beginning to get it. I still watch her like a hawk though. We have hardwood floors which makes clean-up easy but I'd rather not have her peeing in the house. I also feel incredible guilt leaving her alone. It's so bad and probably so irrational. We are discussing putting her in a doggie daycare once a week or something just to get her out and socializing. Matt has two days off during the week and I have the weekends off so she'll only be by herself for 3 days a week and even though his schedule staggers. I keep telling myself she'll be okay but seeing her in her crate is depressing. Eventually we will let her roam but that's probably a few months out. We are definitely enjoying her snuggles though.
ETA- While I was writing this post our landlord texted Matt and said we could keep her. Yay yay yay!!
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