Exact same thing happened with our family. I realized I'd been waiting for some perfect moment to be ready for a dog in my life, and suddenly it's been 20 years since my one-and-only childhood dog passed away. I've been on a weird maternity leave, WFH, force-quit work scenario since September 2021 and had reached a point where instead of seeing the present as some never-ending limbo looking at this moment as the light at the end of the tunnel. Like maybe THIS is it?! In a good way.
Long story short: we got a 6 month old puppy a month ago and I finally quit the toxic job last week. Living with a 4 yr old, 10 month old and puppy is a lot, but I'm honestly putting out far less fires these days than at the office. The dog has brought so much to all of our lives! Why the hell did I wait so long and let a job prevent me from having this unconditional love monster in my life? Whatever - she is here now and eeeeeeeeeee!! Puppy!!!
Well this is good timing. I’m planning to meet — and hopefully bring home! — a dog on Saturday. I had a wonderful dog for six years, my first pet as an adult when before the toughest parts had alwaysfallen on my parents. I loved him ridiculously and then lost him about six months into Covid. I’m finally ready because I miss what he gave me more than I hurt at his loss. He was not adopted in the right order — I was waiting to buy a house with a yard first. It didn’t matter — we just loved each other.
“I’m done making promises. The future refuses to keep them for me and I can’t seem to keep the future for them. Instead I am trying to understand the promise of the present.“ Oh my is this beautiful & powerful.
We adopted a 3y.o. BIG BOI golden doodle a year ago. While we lucked out and he is the gentlest and totally trained, I do kind of mourn bonding with him as a puppy. I think I would enjoy him more if we had the shared history since he was a pup. AND. It definitely was the best case scenario for us since we still have a 6 and 3 yo and a human baby on the way. So, I’m excited for you to have the whole experience! House training and all!
Exact same thing happened with our family. I realized I'd been waiting for some perfect moment to be ready for a dog in my life, and suddenly it's been 20 years since my one-and-only childhood dog passed away. I've been on a weird maternity leave, WFH, force-quit work scenario since September 2021 and had reached a point where instead of seeing the present as some never-ending limbo looking at this moment as the light at the end of the tunnel. Like maybe THIS is it?! In a good way.
Long story short: we got a 6 month old puppy a month ago and I finally quit the toxic job last week. Living with a 4 yr old, 10 month old and puppy is a lot, but I'm honestly putting out far less fires these days than at the office. The dog has brought so much to all of our lives! Why the hell did I wait so long and let a job prevent me from having this unconditional love monster in my life? Whatever - she is here now and eeeeeeeeeee!! Puppy!!!
Well this is good timing. I’m planning to meet — and hopefully bring home! — a dog on Saturday. I had a wonderful dog for six years, my first pet as an adult when before the toughest parts had alwaysfallen on my parents. I loved him ridiculously and then lost him about six months into Covid. I’m finally ready because I miss what he gave me more than I hurt at his loss. He was not adopted in the right order — I was waiting to buy a house with a yard first. It didn’t matter — we just loved each other.
“I’m done making promises. The future refuses to keep them for me and I can’t seem to keep the future for them. Instead I am trying to understand the promise of the present.“ Oh my is this beautiful & powerful.
Welcome welcome to your Murphy!
I need to see this crate that is too small for an 8-week-old puppy.
We adopted a 3y.o. BIG BOI golden doodle a year ago. While we lucked out and he is the gentlest and totally trained, I do kind of mourn bonding with him as a puppy. I think I would enjoy him more if we had the shared history since he was a pup. AND. It definitely was the best case scenario for us since we still have a 6 and 3 yo and a human baby on the way. So, I’m excited for you to have the whole experience! House training and all!