My husband and I had a similar conversation not long ago resulting in our new moyen poodle puppy (who weighs 30+ pounds) joining our 8 pound -17 yr old Chihuahua. Just can't do life without our dogs.
I think that's where we landed ... at some point getting a smaller dog. They are a lot of work, but they give us more than the work we put in... Impressive that you have a 17-year-old chihuahua
My best friend and I had a similar disagreement in a Petsmart one day. You see we adopted two beautiful Australian Shepherds. They were part of a trio. My best friend said , "We have to adopt him too. We can't leave him all by himself."
Me: "Dolly, look at the size of our new charges now. Now, look at the size of his paws. They are huge. We don't have a big house. We must leave him."
Our dogs were the best. We had gone times with them. Unfortunately, we had to put them both down because of cancer. Blue was mine, and Bruno was her dog. I miss them, but Gypsy helps feel the hole in my heart.
Dogs are the best, and I can feel your pain. We had to put down our first dog three and one-half years ago (April 10th will forever be a sad day for me), and the hole was huge. We got Teddy as an "overlap dog" three years earlier because we anticipated our sadness. We love Teddy and we still miss Nemo, our first dog.
My husband and I had a similar conversation not long ago resulting in our new moyen poodle puppy (who weighs 30+ pounds) joining our 8 pound -17 yr old Chihuahua. Just can't do life without our dogs.
I think that's where we landed ... at some point getting a smaller dog. They are a lot of work, but they give us more than the work we put in... Impressive that you have a 17-year-old chihuahua
My best friend and I had a similar disagreement in a Petsmart one day. You see we adopted two beautiful Australian Shepherds. They were part of a trio. My best friend said , "We have to adopt him too. We can't leave him all by himself."
Me: "Dolly, look at the size of our new charges now. Now, look at the size of his paws. They are huge. We don't have a big house. We must leave him."
Our dogs were the best. We had gone times with them. Unfortunately, we had to put them both down because of cancer. Blue was mine, and Bruno was her dog. I miss them, but Gypsy helps feel the hole in my heart.
Dogs are the best, and I can feel your pain. We had to put down our first dog three and one-half years ago (April 10th will forever be a sad day for me), and the hole was huge. We got Teddy as an "overlap dog" three years earlier because we anticipated our sadness. We love Teddy and we still miss Nemo, our first dog.
You will always miss Nemo. The memories never go away. :-)
Of course, some dogs are capable of arguing for themselves: https://davidperlmutter.substack.com/p/international-dog-day
I do love Cerberus. I just wish Teddy had those skills!!!