Today is a sunny day!
July 3, 2008 – 3:01 pmWell in my heart anyway. Outside it’s raining.
After a few months of Hell, I woke up yesterday feeling just fine. I am not in much pain today either. I find this really strange. Other than that one day in April, I cannot remember feeling just fine. I just can’t believe it!
Tonight I am going to the SPCA to pick up a dog. The foster care volunteer has a 6-month old puppy from hell for me to take care of for 6 weeks. Maybe he is not that bad and what is written on his abandonment sheet is frustration from owners who didn’t think things through. Are they justifying it with the usual “He jumps on people!”, “He barks!”, “He pees on the carpet!”, “He’s too excited!”?
I remember when my first husband and I bought a puppy (an incredibly adorable long haired white Jack Russel Terrier who passed for Tintin’s Snowy.) I researched my dog and knew that such hard working dogs were a lot to handle. I selected my puppy carefully. I was overjoyed that he was so much easier to handle and train that I ever expected! My husband on the other hand would always complain that he was jumping on him, biting him and annoying him. The dog just realized he had no spine and was torturing him on purpose!!! Unfortunately, in the end, it was that exact lack of responsibility on my husband’s part that caused my dog’s death. This is basically why I haven’t bought or adopted another dog since then.
A few week ago I saw a dog rocket out of my neighbor’s yard. My neighbor tried frantically to get her new dog to come back but she wouldn’t listen. I was able to trick the dog into coming closer to me out of curiosity and keeping her attention long enough for her owner to catch her.
I haven’t cared for a dog in a long time and I like the day to day routine of it. When I do not have my daughter with me I tend to work all day and not go out so having a dog will fix that. I think that being in a calm house instead of the shelter will be good for him and he can integrate into a family much more easily.
Dogs are usually not that complicated to operate 
I am not 100% sure I will take the puppy from Hell, he has to meet a few criteria:
1. Like me and appear to trust me
2. Look at me when I talk to him
That’s it!
So today is my last calm day before the jumpy & barky puppy shows up.
So I have created a category for Doggie Foster Care for updates (the good, the bad and the ugly) and picture of the puppy
