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Rehoming a pet dog is harder than I thought it would be.

My economic situation has changed over the last several months due to a layoff, so I put out an ad to rehome my dog. I received so many request, but my frist choice was a family with kids. I narrowed it down to two families. I went prepaired to give up the dog. The family loved him…and he was very playful with them as well. However when I walked away, the dog went absolutely nuts. He must have known that I was giving him away. I got in my car a proceeded to drive away, but the dog pulled away from the prospected new owners and chased after my car. I stopped and opened the door and he jumped in, barking and whinning. I just couldn’t do it after that incident. He is so attached to me, so I figured no matter what my situation is, he would be willing to adjust.

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Rehoming a pet dog is harder than I thought it would be. My economic situation has changed over the last several months due to a layoff, so I put out an ad to rehome my dog. I received so many request, but my frist choice was a family with kids. I narrowed it down to to families. I went prepaired to give up the dog. The family loved him…and he was very playful with them as well. However when I walked away, the dog went absolutely nuts. He must have known that I was giving him away. I got in my car a proceeded to drive away, but the dog pulled away from the prospected new owners and chased after my car. I stopped and opened the door and he jumped in, barking and whinning. I just couldn’t do it after that incident. He is so attached to me, so I figured no matter what my situation is, he would be willing to adjust.

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Rehoming a pet dog is harder than I thought it would be. My economic situation has changed over the last several months due to a layoff, so I put out an ad to rehome my dog. I received so many request, but my frist choice was a family with kids. I narrowed it down to two families. I went prepaired to give up the dog. The family loved him…and he was very playful with them as well. However when I walked away, the dog went absolutely nuts. He must have known that I was giving him away. I got in my car a proceeded to drive away, but the dog pulled away from the prospected new owners and chased after my car. I stopped and opened the door and he jumped in, barking and whinning. I just couldn’t do it after that incident. He is so attached to me, so I figured no matter what my situation is, he would be willing to adjust.

Anonymous changed the tags on this post: they were "absolutely, Situation, attached, Incident, Request, Thought, Barking, giving, choice, months" 1 year, 11 months ago.

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An Undisclosed Location | 1 year, 11 months ago (12 minutes after post)

Oh my goodness! If my dog did that to me. . .I would just cry. That’s too perfect. Dogs are truly the most wonder pets

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1 year, 11 months ago (16 minutes after post)

That they are!!!
The family that I was giving him to competley understood. They said that it would be hard for anyone to give their dog, if it did the same thing. He’s such a smart dog.

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An Undisclosed Location | 1 year, 11 months ago (18 minutes after post)

i have 4 cats and a puppy!! i really don’t need that many, or want that many lol but all of them needed homes and i found one kitty a home with my mom and three days ago they decided they didn’t want him anymore(after having him for a good while)so now he’s back with me… they will adjust to whatever your situation!! Pets are the best companions in the world!! your story made me cry lol im emotional today=,(

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1 year, 11 months ago (22 minutes after post)

LIl Misses, Thanks for the reply. You are absolutely right, Pets are the best companions. I didn’t expect that it would be as hard as it was to let go, but I know now. My dog is my best friend…I guess I’m his too.

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An Unknown Location | 1 year, 11 months ago (1 hour, 10 minutes after post)

At least you’re dog is friendly! My family got a rescue 5 years ago that bit me the day we were introduced to him. I didn’t tell anyone because I fell in love with him, and today he and I are best friends! Are you still going to try finding him a new home?

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1 year, 11 months ago (1 hour, 18 minutes after post)

H.R., After that little episode, I’m going to keep him. He’s been with me since he was 2 months old. He’s about 1 1/2 years old now….I realize now how difficult it would be for him to have to adjust to a new home. Just goes to show that dogs have real feeling too.

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An Undisclosed Location | 1 year, 11 months ago (1 hour, 21 minutes after post)

that they do!! all animals have feelings, thats why it drives me crazy when people abuse animals!! i know you didn’t abuse yours i was just saying that that bothers me lol… ya obviously your dog loves you and he will be loyal to you no matter what your situation… i had a dog that we rescued and he and my girl dog had puppies so we got them fixed and sold the puppies and the people wanted him too and i was bouncing around and my grandmama was helping me take care of my dogs and she said we should sell him too so we did and those people lived far from my grandmama and one day we were sitting in her living room and we heard a scratching on the screen door and we looked and my boy dog was outside!! he came home!! he had to have walked for at least a day!!

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