I wanted to see what folk thought.
I have had three Old English all rescued. All three had all sorts of issues and the guy in my Avatar died about a month ago.
Naturally the house is quite empty and we miss him. My Daughter said the house is too quiet you should look for another dog. We already have another rescue dog a miniture Schnouzer but my Daughter says its a rat on a lead and not big enough to be called a real Dog. Well we are more BIG dog folk.
The thing is - We have two disabled kids who are 25yrs old. This restricts us somewhat. Dh has to have heart surgery soon again so he won't be walking or teaching a puppy. It would be on me. I asked my Dad and he said of course you should get one because it is "your thing" for you and your DH and nothing to do with care or any of those things for the kids. We are thinking very hard about getting Danny the lad who lives with us into perminent residential care before he is 30yrs old which would be 3/4 yrs tops. Also the government here are stopping the grant sceme we have for getting care in. Of course we wont be able to have him here without care as DH is not getting any better. We simply cannot do the level of care our boy now needs.
DH is at high risk of a heart attack and I may very well end up here on my own if things go down that rout. I could not look after Danny alone here anyhow so he would have to go into care if something happened to DH. I guess Dad thinks if I got a good Pup it would be company for me for a good lot of years whatever happens.
I miss the old Dog Murph a great deal and this is the longest we have been without a big dog in over 20yrs. I am kind of getting used to not having him here and at times I see the benifits. Like when we take the MG for a spin we have the room to put the little dog in with us and take him - before we would have had to take the big car and not had the MG out much. We used to ride Motorbikes years ago but with DH being ill we can;t do that and the MG has become our "toy". So we like to go out in it when we have some us time which is very little and its nice to take the little dog too.
If we had a large fluffy dog he would not be able to come with us when we go abroad. - We are thinking of taking some time out in Spain for DH and I to recover from all the stress and of course DHs heart surgery. So I was thinking - wait? Do that first and then in a few years get a pup from a proper breeder and not an older dog with issues from the Oes rescue. Somedays DH and I are in tears because we miss Murph but getting a pup wont bring Murph back though it will fill a void. In truth I am worried I will get used to not having a big dog and like it? I miss him terribly though and never thought we would be without him so soon. Folk say with everything I have to do here I shouldn't have a dog but in truth I have loved and enjoyed every moment of having all of them over the years. Going out on a walk helps me to have "me space" and I have someone to talk to who doesn;t interupt or tell everyone what I say! In the evening it is lovely to sit and comb and groom all the big hair! I have always been a big hair girl! So the grooming isn't an issue. We got into the Oes dogs because DH wanted a big "man dog" and I didn;t want a big scary dog. It is hard to be scared of a big fur ball. Also I have asthma so I am restricted to woolly or wirehaired breeds. It is kind of Old English or Poodles? I hate Poodles!
So what do you all think? - Should I get another dog? A baby pup? I have never had a tiny weeny Pup before so it would be a big learning curve. I didn;t want a Big one to start with because I don;t want a big rescue dog with issues comming in and bulldozing the little dog or hurting DH. I wanted time to train it before it is fully grown! So it will walk beside DH even off lead. It will learn to walk beside the wheelchair with Danny and not pull. It takes time to teach those things and a big dog is so much harder as they learn bad habbits so you have to re-teach. Doing that with a fully grown Oes would be hard work.
I have been looking at pics and imagining being a mum to a baby pup - but then I imagine DH and I having freedom and going out and not having care issues and going to spain where it is warm and nice and enjoying getting well.
Yes no wait - ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh?
Oes
I have had three Old English all rescued. All three had all sorts of issues and the guy in my Avatar died about a month ago.
Naturally the house is quite empty and we miss him. My Daughter said the house is too quiet you should look for another dog. We already have another rescue dog a miniture Schnouzer but my Daughter says its a rat on a lead and not big enough to be called a real Dog. Well we are more BIG dog folk.
The thing is - We have two disabled kids who are 25yrs old. This restricts us somewhat. Dh has to have heart surgery soon again so he won't be walking or teaching a puppy. It would be on me. I asked my Dad and he said of course you should get one because it is "your thing" for you and your DH and nothing to do with care or any of those things for the kids. We are thinking very hard about getting Danny the lad who lives with us into perminent residential care before he is 30yrs old which would be 3/4 yrs tops. Also the government here are stopping the grant sceme we have for getting care in. Of course we wont be able to have him here without care as DH is not getting any better. We simply cannot do the level of care our boy now needs.
DH is at high risk of a heart attack and I may very well end up here on my own if things go down that rout. I could not look after Danny alone here anyhow so he would have to go into care if something happened to DH. I guess Dad thinks if I got a good Pup it would be company for me for a good lot of years whatever happens.
I miss the old Dog Murph a great deal and this is the longest we have been without a big dog in over 20yrs. I am kind of getting used to not having him here and at times I see the benifits. Like when we take the MG for a spin we have the room to put the little dog in with us and take him - before we would have had to take the big car and not had the MG out much. We used to ride Motorbikes years ago but with DH being ill we can;t do that and the MG has become our "toy". So we like to go out in it when we have some us time which is very little and its nice to take the little dog too.
If we had a large fluffy dog he would not be able to come with us when we go abroad. - We are thinking of taking some time out in Spain for DH and I to recover from all the stress and of course DHs heart surgery. So I was thinking - wait? Do that first and then in a few years get a pup from a proper breeder and not an older dog with issues from the Oes rescue. Somedays DH and I are in tears because we miss Murph but getting a pup wont bring Murph back though it will fill a void. In truth I am worried I will get used to not having a big dog and like it? I miss him terribly though and never thought we would be without him so soon. Folk say with everything I have to do here I shouldn't have a dog but in truth I have loved and enjoyed every moment of having all of them over the years. Going out on a walk helps me to have "me space" and I have someone to talk to who doesn;t interupt or tell everyone what I say! In the evening it is lovely to sit and comb and groom all the big hair! I have always been a big hair girl! So the grooming isn't an issue. We got into the Oes dogs because DH wanted a big "man dog" and I didn;t want a big scary dog. It is hard to be scared of a big fur ball. Also I have asthma so I am restricted to woolly or wirehaired breeds. It is kind of Old English or Poodles? I hate Poodles!
So what do you all think? - Should I get another dog? A baby pup? I have never had a tiny weeny Pup before so it would be a big learning curve. I didn;t want a Big one to start with because I don;t want a big rescue dog with issues comming in and bulldozing the little dog or hurting DH. I wanted time to train it before it is fully grown! So it will walk beside DH even off lead. It will learn to walk beside the wheelchair with Danny and not pull. It takes time to teach those things and a big dog is so much harder as they learn bad habbits so you have to re-teach. Doing that with a fully grown Oes would be hard work.
I have been looking at pics and imagining being a mum to a baby pup - but then I imagine DH and I having freedom and going out and not having care issues and going to spain where it is warm and nice and enjoying getting well.
Yes no wait - ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh?
Oes
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