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I really feel like no matter how much I know and learn about dogs, it is bloody useless. About 3 months ago, my hubby's uncle tasked me with helping him find a dog to adopt. Everyday I would spend 15-30 minutes looking at Petharbor, and sharing the links via Email or FB. During these 3 months, I did my best to educate him, going over temperement, socialization, potty training, ect. So, joy of joys, he finds a dog he wants to meet at the shelter! We drive out there, I try to pull up the listing so I can give the worker the ID number..and he's been adopted in the hour it took us to get there.
So we go through the shelter, I point out dogs, encourage him to meet them, ect. He finds nothing, we leave.
Two days later, I share some links with him. Surprise, he got a puppy. An 8 week old ACD. That may not sound too bad, so let me explain.
He is a school admin, his wife is an xray admin, or something. They have two kids, 5 and 1. He has NEVER trained a dog or puppy, ever. The wife was "raised on a farm, she's tough". These are people that are almost never home, have 2 small kids, and don't know the first thing about training a hard puppy.
Why the hell do I bother?
So we go through the shelter, I point out dogs, encourage him to meet them, ect. He finds nothing, we leave.
Two days later, I share some links with him. Surprise, he got a puppy. An 8 week old ACD. That may not sound too bad, so let me explain.
He is a school admin, his wife is an xray admin, or something. They have two kids, 5 and 1. He has NEVER trained a dog or puppy, ever. The wife was "raised on a farm, she's tough". These are people that are almost never home, have 2 small kids, and don't know the first thing about training a hard puppy.
Why the hell do I bother?