Want A Piece of Tail?
By kbourgerie
@kbourgerie (8780)
United States
April 27, 2008 12:16pm CST
Dogs seemed to be the big topic of discussion in my house yesterday. As many of you may remember a little while ago, I bragged about how my son had pulled his grades up to A's and B's and his reward for his efforts was going to be a puppy. Well, we have made several trips to the Humane Society to no avail. Yesterday we looked on line at the available animals and drove 18 miles to have a look at them. Either they turned out to be what we weren't looking for or we lost the drawing for them. Huge dissapointment for my son. Five dogs later we drove to yet another animal shelter where he spied a pug, which is his all time favorite breed. Turns out it was 1 year old and not potty trained so that turned out to be a dissapointment to him also. He was in tears and I was heartbroken for him. I feel really bad that he has had to wait all this time for his reward and in the wait has been bitterly dissapointed time after time. Further on the topic of dogs we already have a dog at home. A sweet little dog named Asha. Later last night we also made a trip to the dollar store where I found two little dresses just her size. You ought to see that tail wagging behind those ruffles. HILARIOUS! I've been wanting to dress her up for awhile because she is so naturally feminine, but even I couldn't have determined the outcome to be quite so funny. The evening at any rate ended a little bit more upbeat. Anyway, if you have had to dissapoint someone so greatly, how have you made amends with them? How can I lessen his dissapointment?
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@winterose (39887)
• Canada
27 Apr 08
I would have taken the pug and trained him myself, that is what it is to be a dog owner. I have always done that. It is work, but it is worth it. I would not have disappointed my son.
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@kbourgerie (8780)
• United States
27 Apr 08
I wish I didn't have to dissapointment him either, but the problem is that we live in a small apartment and during the day there is no one home. We already have a dog that is 7 years old and not completely house trained. We put down pads for her, but she seldom uses them. Its become quite a task to clean up after her. To add another dog, male on top of that to the picture, may have been more than we were all prepared to handle.
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@KKKBsmom (1092)
• United States
27 Apr 08
that is so sweet!!! Just reasure your son... when the right one comes along... it will be a keepeer and well worth all the time and effort he has gone thru!!!
Don't ever rush into a pet... pets are for a life time... which it sounds like you allready know!
Good luck... and luck coming to you on that!
@kbourgerie (8780)
• United States
28 Apr 08
Thank you for your support. And everything you said is absolutely true.
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@34momma (13882)
• United States
27 Apr 08
of course we have all been there before. I think times like these are great life lessons for us and our children. As much as we want to do for them, sometimes it is what is it, and things don't work out the way we want them. that is just a great lesson in patiences and know there is always something better coming your way. I like to just hug them and let my children know that everything happens for a reason and they will work out in the end as long as you believe so
@Aussies2007 (5336)
• Australia
28 Apr 08
I don't know...
Only ten days ago... you were telling us that your boyfriend was kicking you out on the street.
Next time he does... what will you do with the dog?
You have to think ahead when you are not in a secure position... otherwise you will keep getting yourself into trouble.
@kbourgerie (8780)
• United States
28 Apr 08
Well obviously Aussie we are trying to work it out. There are alot of factors that I don't wish to go into on this site. Seems like everytime I post anything in the least bit personal, I get my head bitten off for it or some kind of negative response. I'm actually thinking about quitting. This is becoming more trouble than what its worth.
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@sophiasmom911 (1345)
• United States
28 Apr 08
can you afford to have the pup proffesionally potty trained. Or you could just get up enough willpower and be determined to do it. When you are working with the Humane society it really is hard to find the perfect dog. I'm sure you will find what you want soon!Just keep looking dear!
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@kbourgerie (8780)
• United States
28 Apr 08
I wish I could afford to get a dog professionally trained, but theres no way, but we will keep looking.
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@Ohara_1983 (4117)
• Kuwait
28 Apr 08
you can talk to him & talk to him about the dog even do they are young & not trained but you can still trained them by your own by your help, trained your own pet will be easy if your son is interesting. & he will happy even you can join the training time for dog.
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@Hatley (163772)
• Garden Grove, California
28 Apr 08
You know as i think about it I would go back to where you found the pug and buy the cute little creature and just do a little potty training as its not all that hard to do. your son deserves his reward and if he wants a pug thats the way to go. just have a special place for puppy and put newspapers down and sooner or later he will use one particular part of the newpapers so you can move some of them out and he will soon get the idea of where he is suppose to go. and your son will be so happy.anyway that is my idea.
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