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[bar_58]

Hi All... I need your help. I have two dogs small corgi/lab mix ... they look like mini labs. well I live in a small home and my girl friend just moved in with her cats. Can you say no sleep! the female is used to sleeping with me and she cries most of the night! I need to find a home for the dogs. #1 they need more room! #2 my new job keeps me away. So it is not fair to them I am afraid of the kind of people that look for free to a good home. Should I ask for a adopation fee? if so how much?:confused:

[StarWhisper]

Please explain to me why you are considering rehoming your dogs?

The problems I see (house is too small and not enough time) can easily be remedied with you making a few lifestyle changes.

No I am not suggesting you work less at your job, but I am suggesting something like waking up an hour earlier to spend time with your dogs and hiring a pet sitter or asking a trusted friend or family member to come watch and play with them for a bit each day...it is unreasonable to expect these things of your gf?

Is your GF keeping her cats? How does she feel about you getting rid of your dogs? It is certainly not fair of her to expect you to give up your animals while she can keep hers.

Think long and hard about why you are considering placing your dogs...with the problems you listed I am sure myself and others can give you easy solutions that will work...if you are willing to try.

[Rottweilerlvr]

Yes, please think long and hard on that... I HAD this friend and my dogs before we decided to be roommates, she liked the dogs and the dogs liked her... Well, her boyfriend started coming over and HE didn't like Baxter, my rottweiler and thought Isabella(mastiff) was to big to live in the city. Then on top of that, I happened to just have a neighbor who had been attacked by a rottweilers a few years ago and was deathly afraid of them, so he kept pressuring my roommate( knowing I would have nothing to do with it) for me to get rid of Baxter, my rottweiler... This went on for 8 months, tug a war, and I finally said, " Look, I have had my dogs way before we became friends and co-workers, you agreed that they were going to be here(on lease), I will NOT give my dogs up because your boyfriend doesn't like them and that the neighbor is afraid of them when neither has given them cause to be afraid of them, so with that said, this is the end of discussion. I am leaving immediately with my dogs, because I will never give up my dogs just because someone doesn't like them."
Anyway, from what it sounds like, she moved in with you, so in my mind, this is your place, your dogs, ya'll stay, she don't like, she leaves, and so does her cats. Sorry for the bluntness, but I do not tolerate a friend or boyfriend trying to tell me I can't keep my dogs. They (the "friend") will go before my dogs ever will... boyfriend too... I will never have another roommate again because of my first and last roommate... drama, drama, drama.... and I hate drama...

Linnea

[Brandi's Mom]

Good post Rottweilerlvr. Yes my opinion is the same, love me, love my dog or leave. I've no tollerance for anyone who would expect me to give up my beloved pet so they can keep theirs. Or just because they have an opinion about the breed or animals in general.