Comments on: The Dog Emailer http://wouldashoulda.com/2009/09/05/the-dog-emailer/ "Maybe all we can hope to do is end up with the right regrets." Wed, 23 May 2012 16:24:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Pamela L http://wouldashoulda.com/2009/09/05/the-dog-emailer/#comment-119741 Pamela L Thu, 10 Sep 2009 22:20:50 +0000 http://wouldashoulda.com/?p=3397#comment-119741 My brother in Atlanta raises Whippets and he absolutely loves them - they are truly beautiful. My in-laws had a Shih-Tzu when we were first married. That was the best dog and my boys loved it when they were younguns. Either would be great - good luck on finding the one that belongs to just your family - My brother in Atlanta raises Whippets and he absolutely loves them – they are truly beautiful.

My in-laws had a Shih-Tzu when we were first married. That was the best dog and my boys loved it when they were younguns.

Either would be great – good luck on finding the one that belongs to just your family -

]]> By: Andrea http://wouldashoulda.com/2009/09/05/the-dog-emailer/#comment-119658 Andrea Wed, 09 Sep 2009 13:30:56 +0000 http://wouldashoulda.com/?p=3397#comment-119658 @PandaWriter--sorry for your loss. I know how hard losing a loved pet can be--even when they are not the easiest to live with. @PandaWriter–sorry for your loss. I know how hard losing a loved pet can be–even when they are not the easiest to live with.

]]> By: Tammy http://wouldashoulda.com/2009/09/05/the-dog-emailer/#comment-119657 Tammy Wed, 09 Sep 2009 13:20:15 +0000 http://wouldashoulda.com/?p=3397#comment-119657 Oh, I so want a Shih-tzu but dh doesn't like small dogs. And, we already have a dog. Darn it! Good luck in your search! Oh, I so want a Shih-tzu but dh doesn’t like small dogs. And, we already have a dog. Darn it!

Good luck in your search!

]]> By: PandaWriter http://wouldashoulda.com/2009/09/05/the-dog-emailer/#comment-119646 PandaWriter Wed, 09 Sep 2009 02:14:50 +0000 http://wouldashoulda.com/?p=3397#comment-119646 I wouldn't call it a relief... She died just a few weeks ago, and obviously it's still a tender spot. She may have been stubborn, but she was also sweetly goofy and just a trooper in spite of all her health problems. Never grumpy, never cranky. Not sure I would have done as well if I'd felt as poorly as she must have at her age. She just had the one smelly, soggy, insurmountable problem. Considering her complete lack of any training over the 15 years before we got her, I kind of felt that the blame of the problems she had should fall on the previous owners, not her. I will admit it wasn't always easy to keep than in mind when I ended up with a nasty surprise and a very wet sock at 3am. I wouldn’t call it a relief… She died just a few weeks ago, and obviously it’s still a tender spot.

She may have been stubborn, but she was also sweetly goofy and just a trooper in spite of all her health problems. Never grumpy, never cranky. Not sure I would have done as well if I’d felt as poorly as she must have at her age.

She just had the one smelly, soggy, insurmountable problem. Considering her complete lack of any training over the 15 years before we got her, I kind of felt that the blame of the problems she had should fall on the previous owners, not her. I will admit it wasn’t always easy to keep than in mind when I ended up with a nasty surprise and a very wet sock at 3am.

]]> By: Catherine http://wouldashoulda.com/2009/09/05/the-dog-emailer/#comment-119629 Catherine Tue, 08 Sep 2009 21:14:25 +0000 http://wouldashoulda.com/?p=3397#comment-119629 :tips hat to PandaWriter: I can imagine that the passing of the stubborn old shih-tzu was probably a relief. :tips hat to PandaWriter:

I can imagine that the passing of the stubborn old shih-tzu was probably a relief.

]]> By: Kim http://wouldashoulda.com/2009/09/05/the-dog-emailer/#comment-119610 Kim Tue, 08 Sep 2009 18:34:08 +0000 http://wouldashoulda.com/?p=3397#comment-119610 "Rescue" became the name of my rescued Pom-and-longhaired Chihuahua mix. Everyone thought that was just adorable, and he was the best companion ever. One frozen winter night when he was lost, and I walked the neighborhood yelling "Rescue." Finally a male voice answered, "What do you need?" After recovering from my own ridiculousness and a sleepless night with doors left open lest Rescue reappear, he came scampering back in the morning, dry and warm. Not a snowflake on him. We figure he got "caught" in someone's garage when they returned home for the evening, and "escaped" when they left for work in the morning. Our current rescued dog came to us as a total mystery -- his fur had been worn away by extremely poor nutrition and surroundings. Within a week of love and food, he had started to grow what has become the shedding-est coat ever. So much for my wish for a low-shedding dog. He also shares the wonderlust that your Super endulged; I can definitely relate to those antics. However, ours clearly knows to return home for food and a warm bed. Or maybe he's just older than Super. Whomever you find, I encourage you to continue searching for a rescue dog. Sounds like the dog-emailer is providing great guidance. “Rescue” became the name of my rescued Pom-and-longhaired Chihuahua mix. Everyone thought that was just adorable, and he was the best companion ever. One frozen winter night when he was lost, and I walked the neighborhood yelling “Rescue.” Finally a male voice answered, “What do you need?”

After recovering from my own ridiculousness and a sleepless night with doors left open lest Rescue reappear, he came scampering back in the morning, dry and warm. Not a snowflake on him. We figure he got “caught” in someone’s garage when they returned home for the evening, and “escaped” when they left for work in the morning.

Our current rescued dog came to us as a total mystery — his fur had been worn away by extremely poor nutrition and surroundings. Within a week of love and food, he had started to grow what has become the shedding-est coat ever. So much for my wish for a low-shedding dog. He also shares the wonderlust that your Super endulged; I can definitely relate to those antics. However, ours clearly knows to return home for food and a warm bed. Or maybe he’s just older than Super.

Whomever you find, I encourage you to continue searching for a rescue dog. Sounds like the dog-emailer is providing great guidance.

]]> By: Michelle http://wouldashoulda.com/2009/09/05/the-dog-emailer/#comment-119605 Michelle Tue, 08 Sep 2009 17:56:09 +0000 http://wouldashoulda.com/?p=3397#comment-119605 try a Bichon , they do not shed , good for allergies try a Bichon , they do not shed , good for allergies

]]> By: Burgh Baby http://wouldashoulda.com/2009/09/05/the-dog-emailer/#comment-119585 Burgh Baby Tue, 08 Sep 2009 15:47:21 +0000 http://wouldashoulda.com/?p=3397#comment-119585 I think no matter what, karma owes you a really fabulous dog and it's going to happen this time. Oh, and don't judge a dog by its size. Our Lhasa Apso (who passed away last year) was about 15 bazillion times more wonderful of a dog than any big dog could ever hope to be. I think no matter what, karma owes you a really fabulous dog and it’s going to happen this time. Oh, and don’t judge a dog by its size. Our Lhasa Apso (who passed away last year) was about 15 bazillion times more wonderful of a dog than any big dog could ever hope to be.

]]> By: PandaWriter http://wouldashoulda.com/2009/09/05/the-dog-emailer/#comment-119578 PandaWriter Tue, 08 Sep 2009 10:47:20 +0000 http://wouldashoulda.com/?p=3397#comment-119578 I can assure you, C, that we did not lock her in the house for hours on end and force a frail old dog to try to hold it. She had been a confirmed pee-in-the-house dog for a good ten years before she ever came to live with us. We'd take her out in the yard, and she'd come back in and run to the living room corner to pee 30 seconds later. She'd grown up - and old - in apartments, and thought she should not have to go outside if she didn't feel like it. We just bought ourselves a steam cleaner, and tried to keep her happy and healthy in spite of multiple pre-existing health problems, including two fractured vertibrae from genetic spinal weaknesses, a hernia that kept recurring in spite of repeated surgeries, multiple eye surgeries and skin problems, and at the end congestive heart failure. I just didn't think being old, stubborn, and poorly brought up, plus having multiple treatable health problems should be a death sentence. She'd been a faithful companion to a addled old lady who hadn't bothered to train her, and she deserved a safe place to live out her life, quirks and all. Which I believe she had. I can assure you, C, that we did not lock her in the house for hours on end and force a frail old dog to try to hold it.

She had been a confirmed pee-in-the-house dog for a good ten years before she ever came to live with us. We’d take her out in the yard, and she’d come back in and run to the living room corner to pee 30 seconds later. She’d grown up – and old – in apartments, and thought she should not have to go outside if she didn’t feel like it.

We just bought ourselves a steam cleaner, and tried to keep her happy and healthy in spite of multiple pre-existing health problems, including two fractured vertibrae from genetic spinal weaknesses, a hernia that kept recurring in spite of repeated surgeries, multiple eye surgeries and skin problems, and at the end congestive heart failure.

I just didn’t think being old, stubborn, and poorly brought up, plus having multiple treatable health problems should be a death sentence. She’d been a faithful companion to a addled old lady who hadn’t bothered to train her, and she deserved a safe place to live out her life, quirks and all. Which I believe she had.

]]> By: PandaWriter http://wouldashoulda.com/2009/09/05/the-dog-emailer/#comment-119577 PandaWriter Tue, 08 Sep 2009 05:56:01 +0000 http://wouldashoulda.com/?p=3397#comment-119577 Her having to hold it wasn't because we didn't give her access to the yard, BTW. It was because the minute she stepped outside to patio door, the Labrador puppy started trying to play with her. So that very day she gave up going outside at all unless escorted. Even though trained the Lab puppy to leave her strictly alone in the yard by the end of that first afternoon, she wouldn't use the dog door ever again. Just walked to a corner of the living room and let loose. No matter how much we tried to persuade her that the yard was just fine, she wouldn't go out in the backyard unless the Lab was locked in the kitchen. It's hard arguing with a fully deaf and half blind 18 year old Shi Tzu. About the only thing she ever admitted to understanding was her name, and where the snacks lived. Her having to hold it wasn’t because we didn’t give her access to the yard, BTW. It was because the minute she stepped outside to patio door, the Labrador puppy started trying to play with her. So that very day she gave up going outside at all unless escorted. Even though trained the Lab puppy to leave her strictly alone in the yard by the end of that first afternoon, she wouldn’t use the dog door ever again. Just walked to a corner of the living room and let loose. No matter how much we tried to persuade her that the yard was just fine, she wouldn’t go out in the backyard unless the Lab was locked in the kitchen.

It’s hard arguing with a fully deaf and half blind 18 year old Shi Tzu. About the only thing she ever admitted to understanding was her name, and where the snacks lived.

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