We gave our dog away on Sunday.......I still can't believe he's gone...I expect him to come around the corner any minute.
Cooper went to live with a family in Greeley who have another pug and already love him dearly. They met us at a park in Northglenn and that's where we said our goodbye's. This picture is from the last moments we had with him.
Coming to the decision to give away your dog that you've had since he was 8 weeks old is not easy by a long shot. But when we weighed the positives and the negatives--the positives of keeping him just didn't add up. Having two kids, putting the house on market (again) and life in general pointed to us giving Cooper a new home where he wasn't ignored and taken for granted. I never thought I'd give up a pet, I had dogs all growing up and we had them until death. My guilt is getting the best of me right now. I'm sure it'll pass with time, but I can't stop feeling horrible for doing what we did.
3 comments:
That is so sad! I know how much you guys loved Cooper. I am thinking about you guys! Love ya- Bobi
Oh Jami! If only you could see my heart- I know exactly how you feel! I had a dog that didn't like Mikayla when she was a baby and was jealous of my time with her. She nipped Mika on the cheek and so we decided to give her back to the Dumb Friends (after much deliberation- Chris didn't like her much) but they couldn't take her because she had nipped Mika. We took her to a humane society in Boulder but they were not able to keep her either so she had to be put down. I still ache over our decision and sometimes cry because I miss her so much. But my daughters safety needed to come first (but it was a very hard decision). Pets are such a loving part of our lives it's hard to say goodbye! I hope you can have some closure with your decision. I think you did what was best for your dog and your heart was definately in the right place. :-) Give yourself some time & let yourself process the loss.
This is one of the (many) reasons we won't get a dog for a while now. I love animals so much that I wouldn't want to have a dog that got ignored. I'd want to give it some quality time, and there's no way I'd want that quality time to be taken from the girls at this age.
I think you made the right choice, and I agree that it kinda sucks. At least he'll have a friend to play with.
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