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wojelahThanks for the good luck wishes about Kaylee. She's a wonderful dog in many, many ways - all the things the vet said are completely true. She and Molly got along really well, she's great on-least, she's friendly and smart and gentle - she even made a LOT of progress on the housebreaking front.
Unfortunately, she's also really, really high anxiety when it comes to being left alone, even with another dog in the house. Crating/not crating doesn't make a difference. That's both the one issue we -couldn't- foresee, because the vet's office -always- has people around, and the one issue that I cannot work around, because I -have- to leave the house to go to work, and when my job changes in the fall, it's going to be unpredictable. If I thought it was something that would work itself out over time, I'd say go for it, but every time I leave the house - even just to take out the trash - she gets more and more desperate.
The good news is, she has a LOT to recommend her, and she's going back to the vet's, where I know they'll take good care of her. The other good news is, I guess, that I've learned something about what is/isn't compatible for me in a dog. I'm just sorry it isn't going to work, because she is in every other way a wonderful girl.
It's been a hard decision, if kind of trivial in light of the rest of the world this week. Thank you to everybody who listened to me working this all out in my head. I figure I'll give life time to settle out, and re-evaluate in a few months.
Unfortunately, she's also really, really high anxiety when it comes to being left alone, even with another dog in the house. Crating/not crating doesn't make a difference. That's both the one issue we -couldn't- foresee, because the vet's office -always- has people around, and the one issue that I cannot work around, because I -have- to leave the house to go to work, and when my job changes in the fall, it's going to be unpredictable. If I thought it was something that would work itself out over time, I'd say go for it, but every time I leave the house - even just to take out the trash - she gets more and more desperate.
The good news is, she has a LOT to recommend her, and she's going back to the vet's, where I know they'll take good care of her. The other good news is, I guess, that I've learned something about what is/isn't compatible for me in a dog. I'm just sorry it isn't going to work, because she is in every other way a wonderful girl.
It's been a hard decision, if kind of trivial in light of the rest of the world this week. Thank you to everybody who listened to me working this all out in my head. I figure I'll give life time to settle out, and re-evaluate in a few months.
