What a great idea, right? Let's get a dog! And let's be super responsible people by going to the no-kill shelter and supporting what they do by getting a dog from that place! Hooray! Everyone will help take care of the dog and feed the dog and take the dog for walks and play with her in the backyard. Every day! We promise! This is so great!!
Today: We're too busy. We're too tired. I can't sit in the family room without vacuuming first because of my allergies. And the dog is sad. We go to work and school every day and she stays home. At first it was fine. We have a nice backyard with a great fence and lots of room to wander. But the dog won't stay there. She is so lonely and bored that she jumps over the fence. Climbs over it actually. A six foot fence. So now we have to keep her chained up in the yard while we are gone. And when we come home, nobody wants to play with her. She's excited to see us, but we are so tired from our days that we just take her off the chain and go to our rooms to do homework or whatever. (As I mentioned, I can't sit in the family room because my allergies go crazy. If I want to sit there without watery eyes I have to vacuum and dust first.) What a life.
So now we are talking about giving the dog away (or I guess I am talking about it). "Noooo!!" everyone says. We promise, we'll help. We'll take her for walks, we'll clean up the poop, we'll play with her. We promise! And then everyone goes to their rooms. And the dog sits on her bed and looks sad.
Anyone want a nice dog? She's a good dog...house trained and pretty low-key. Except for the climbing the fence thing. She'd do great with other dogs to keep her company. Great with kids. Very nice dog. Free to good home.
