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I miss my dog, Kai. He got loose in early March, and I searched and searched. I called every vet withing 20 miles. He's chipped....so I held out hope. I posted in all the "lost and found pets" groups locally. For 3.5 months there was no sighting or word. I eventually began to face the fact that my beloved rescue pet had met some end that I didn't want to think about.
He hates thunderstorms you see. But dogs need to go out. So one night, in the wacky south Louisiana weather.......I took him out in a break in the storm. A quick out if you get my drift. He's part lab, with the extra skin and fur. He zigged and I zagged when there was a clap of thunder. His head was half out of the collar before I could blink. Then another crash of thunder and he was free of the collar. Yes he is normally in full harness for a walk....but I thought a trip to the bush 15 feet from my doorway on a dark and stormy night was safe. I was wrong. He ran off, tail between his legs, scared.
Then I got promoted at work, and an opportunity to move from my little apartment to a nice rental house on the other side of town came up. I had looked at the house before, but it was a lease by private owner and there was a no pets clause. Which is why I had never taken it seriously before. But it did some with an option to purchase, and that's my end goal....to own a home.
So I moved. It had been over 2 months. Despite all the flyers, and calls, and reporting to the local shelters etc.....nothing
3 weeks later....this Tuesday in fact.....I get a call. A local vet had my dog,....he'd be brought in and they scanned the chip. But I can't have him here. I talked to the property owners and they are not budging on the "no pets" clause. Not even with the offer of an extra month of rent upfront and hefty deposit. I even have a little fenced in yard (little by local standards....about 800 sq ft of fenced yard with trees etc.
So I had to formally surrender my pup. I know.....I hate it. And I currently hate myself for moving. In the early stages of grieving a much beloved pet..... I had planned to have the full purchase deposit in a year....and then begin looking for a dog.
But MINE is 15 miles away. Half starved from being loose....likely dehydrated and still terrified. But in once piece. ALIVE. OK.
Do I try to break a lease and move again? If I can find a pet friendly place fast? Do I give up? He has a good month of tests and checks and such ahead of him to be "healthy" again. Or do I let him go? I'm trying to fight the owners and offering an even bigger deposit and another months rent in advance. Essentially $3k cash upfront to them to allow me to have the sweetest and gentlest dog. Never chewed a shoe or furniture. And the fenced yard.....he could play outside during the day.
I'm hoping I can wear the owners down. And hoping that the shelter would let me re-adopt him. Or that I can find a place and move again in time. He went back to the same rescue shelter I adopted him from in the first place.
Sorry for the long post. This feels like losing my son only to now find out there are rules against children living here once he has been found alive somewhere. I feel like the worst dog dag ever.
He hates thunderstorms you see. But dogs need to go out. So one night, in the wacky south Louisiana weather.......I took him out in a break in the storm. A quick out if you get my drift. He's part lab, with the extra skin and fur. He zigged and I zagged when there was a clap of thunder. His head was half out of the collar before I could blink. Then another crash of thunder and he was free of the collar. Yes he is normally in full harness for a walk....but I thought a trip to the bush 15 feet from my doorway on a dark and stormy night was safe. I was wrong. He ran off, tail between his legs, scared.
Then I got promoted at work, and an opportunity to move from my little apartment to a nice rental house on the other side of town came up. I had looked at the house before, but it was a lease by private owner and there was a no pets clause. Which is why I had never taken it seriously before. But it did some with an option to purchase, and that's my end goal....to own a home.
So I moved. It had been over 2 months. Despite all the flyers, and calls, and reporting to the local shelters etc.....nothing
3 weeks later....this Tuesday in fact.....I get a call. A local vet had my dog,....he'd be brought in and they scanned the chip. But I can't have him here. I talked to the property owners and they are not budging on the "no pets" clause. Not even with the offer of an extra month of rent upfront and hefty deposit. I even have a little fenced in yard (little by local standards....about 800 sq ft of fenced yard with trees etc.
So I had to formally surrender my pup. I know.....I hate it. And I currently hate myself for moving. In the early stages of grieving a much beloved pet..... I had planned to have the full purchase deposit in a year....and then begin looking for a dog.
But MINE is 15 miles away. Half starved from being loose....likely dehydrated and still terrified. But in once piece. ALIVE. OK.
Do I try to break a lease and move again? If I can find a pet friendly place fast? Do I give up? He has a good month of tests and checks and such ahead of him to be "healthy" again. Or do I let him go? I'm trying to fight the owners and offering an even bigger deposit and another months rent in advance. Essentially $3k cash upfront to them to allow me to have the sweetest and gentlest dog. Never chewed a shoe or furniture. And the fenced yard.....he could play outside during the day.
I'm hoping I can wear the owners down. And hoping that the shelter would let me re-adopt him. Or that I can find a place and move again in time. He went back to the same rescue shelter I adopted him from in the first place.
Sorry for the long post. This feels like losing my son only to now find out there are rules against children living here once he has been found alive somewhere. I feel like the worst dog dag ever.
