What is there to say? General Chat

Quality of life....Hmmmm...Them ski's do look a wee bit big...
All your points are valid.....
Now I feel guilty posting it...Its just something I saw on twitter and wanted to share it..

When first started posting on this forum I wrote about Tootsy and said...I quote...'Could you pass up on this sweet little puppy (Tootsy), peeping out of the wooden box.......
Well the rest is history as far as Tootsy is concerned and all is well...

The bit I didn't tell you folks was that there was another puppy in the box with Toots...Her brother....
He was such a sweet chubby little fella. The only problem was he was blind in one eye, he had a milky cast obscuring his vision..
Whilst we were liaising with the French lady with the pups a couple of English ladies, with two dogs, got involved and said Jane and I should take both the pups... Apparently they worked with some sort of dog rescue group in France....
Jane loved the other pup too and said yes lets take both of them...
So I had to make a snap decision, it was a tough one... and decided to just take the one pup...
I have always had to live with that decision, I look back and think did I do the right thing...
The point is, I guess, I didn't feel we were able to support both animals in the way we should. The boy would have needed a lot of support both monetary and physically..... with my snap decision he never came home with us...

Jane sometimes says to me we should have got them both, he would have been great company for Toots etc etc....
So difficult....

We just can't save them all, however much we want to. I can still see the faces of the dogs I walked past at Battersea Dogs Home fifty years ago, and feel guilty.

Yes I agree with you Janet....If the person is willing to make the commitment and as long as the dogs quality of life is not too heavily compromised what's the problem...
Giving our dogs enough loving and making sure they are happy is what it is all about I guess...

I do not need to guess. My beloved girl was happy and normal most of the time, until I could see in her eyes that she had had enough. Commitment? Nobody could have looked after her better then I did. Love? I loved her so much that I was prepared to let her have peace when she needed peace.

Andrew - I think you did the right thing. As Janet said, you cannot save them all.

Just enjoy, and love, Tootsy - and please do not wonder "what if" about the the other pup. Because really you had no choice.

Not sure if it's been posted already

Brilliant Karen - I love it!

Our Boxer was nearly 15 when we had to have her put to rest.. She was part of our family and it is always so difficult when we lose them...That was the main reason I didn't want to get another dog because of the heart break..
At the end of the day, however, I know Lolly our Boxer had a wonderful life and I will always remember her chasing around, nutty as a box of frogs......
She was a rescue dog. She got rehomed twice before she came to us...she really was a bit nutty...but she was just the best dog in the whole world, the most loving and had the biggest, sweetest character..
Miss you lots n lots Lolly....

This reminds me of a Beagle friend who, when the childlocks failed, has had to have padlocks fitted to her fridge freezer!

Sorry I had to... Haha!!