Today, I wish it had a content key! I haven't written for a while, though my nail blog gets updated every day, sometimes twice a day, so I know I have something to say!
Today's deep thought is about doggie adoption. We have a new dog in the house, a dog that my petsitter has been fostering for about a year and a half, and thought would make a nice addition to our home. So far, it's been a little rocky - my other male dog growls at him a lot (though he also growls at my adult female that he's known all his life), the new dog is marking my house (he marked my bed, which I get, but he also marked my curtains?!) and although he was touted as a submissive, easy-going dog, he's actually coming out of his shell as a fairly confident dog. I'm well-versed in setting boundaries for my pups and leadership theory, and I've never had a problem with that, so I know that I could keep the peace and MAKE it work. I'm just not sure if I should. Would it be kinder to my existing dogs and the new dog for him to find a new home? Should I wait longer and see if time and training makes this group click together? I don't know if these dogs will ever like each other, it would be more of a tolerance for each other, I think. Do we all deserve better?
I do like this new dog, but I'm not in love with him - yet. We'll see. I'm not going to make any decisions tonight. It's odd, because all the dogs I've adopted in the past I either fell in love with right away, or took them because I knew they would be better off with me than in their current situation. I don't know how I feel about this one, yet.
Any puppy would be lucky to be a Doherty. I found your blog!
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