After lots of thinking and discussing and praying, we gave Pogey to Matt's parents today. He had gotten to a point this week of running away from home constantly, which was not fun when I was trying to get everyone out of the house in the morning. One time I had to carry him home because he refused to walk. Another time Matt found him running around some ladies, who said he actually went into their house when they left the door open. Funny in retrospect, but in the moment, not so much.
It just became clear to us that he's really not going to be happy unless he can be with people most of the time. We thought we could make it work for him, and if we could afford a real fence I know doubling that with the electric fence would keep him in, but he is going to be happiest as an indoor dog. We spent a good bit of the day at Matt's parents' today and Pogo was such a happy dog getting to be with us, sleep on the couch, and get lots of affection.
We'll miss him of course, but it wasn't that dramatic giving him away since he's still in the family and just a few minutes down the road. We hope he'll be much more content and we're very grateful to the Crabtrees for agreeing to take him!
That's our biggest news this weekend. Hope you are having a good one!
4 comments:
I'm sure what you did was the right thing. He does look content in the picture being inside. I hope he will behave for Cindy and Barnette, and at least he's still in the family.
State wins big, unc losses big, shot 73 today (From the senior tees. It was freezing.), and worked on a puzzle with Lynda.
Very good weekend so far.
Glad you could work something out & he's happier now! That's crazy about him running into someone else's house-yikes!
Daddy-glad you had a good day yesterday :)
Pogo's enjoying being inside with us so far. He really likes his chaise lounge. Sweet, sweet pup. I imagine he'll like it better when we get a fence up and he can run outside without being on a leash. We love sweet Pogo, but please come and visit him often!
So long Pogey. Totally understand your decision! Hope it works out well. Were any of the kids upset?
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