well, we rescued a dog from a local animal rescue. devo is his name. sweet sweet dog. much more than we can handle. he jumps the fence constantly. jumped so many times this weekend, i lost count. he's got a bladder infection, he had hookworms so his first vet visit was WAY expensive. we've had him for almost 2 months now and we're giving him back as soon as they can find another foster for him. we cannot keep him any more. it's just more than we can handle at this point in our lives. he's too big. i did it. it's my fault. nick said he didn't want a dog, but whenever i asked him what he wanted he was adamant that he wanted a big dog. so i saw devo and thought he was sweet - and lordy he IS big.... and so he's more like a dog nick would want. not like a dog lola or i would want. she needs small since she's small. i want small b/c that's what i want. so add the size issue on top of the rambunctious/running off/etc - and he's just not the right dog for us. he wants to be with other dogs. that's all he's had was other dogs to play with and all that - and that's why he jumps the fence is to play with neighborhood dogs. we need/want a dog that wants to be with us, not other dogs. his constant jumping the fence and just not being the dog that i actually wanted has prevented me from being in any way attached to him, and that's not fair to him. he deserves someone that's going to love him and want him. and i like him. but i don't love him, and i don't particularly want him.
so, hopefully soon they'll have a foster family for him. and if he's not gone by this weekend i'll start asking. and if he's not gone by mid-next week i'll start nagging, and if he's not gone by the end of next week, i'll start threatening to send him to the pound. at this point i just want my house back.
and in a little bit, when we have some money (maybe tax time next year) i'm getting what I want and i don't care what nick says b/c he doesn't actually want a dog, so it's my decision entirely and that's how i should have treated it this time, but i didn't, so that's my $600 loss.