Friday Is The Day!!

Well, Friday is the day! I’m not telling my kids, and sadly–I already told my husband! Honestly–what kind of wife would I be if I didn’t get his input! Too bad his input was … “I don’t want to know when it’s going to happen”– because I told him when it was going to happen when I asked for his thoughts!

Cryptic enough for you? Well, we have two big dogs. Bear, a Rhodesian Ridgeback and Brownie, a Shepherd/Coyote mix. We are moving into a new home with new carpet–and Bear has been having bladder problems for over a year now! So—Friday is the day that he will be put down. Now this may seem heartless, but really–he shouldn’t have been adoptable when we got him, and if I could go back in time and change ONE thing about my past–it would be adopting him. He is a hound–and he took 18 months to potty train. He went through Separation Anxiety and then some strange “Full Moon Anxiety” thing. He’s gotten to the point that he will bark incessantly if you try to shut a door. Any door–whether it’s shutting him into the kitchen so we can go out–or just shutting the front door when you come in. It is awful! If you come to my door–he will literally attack the window. I have loved having him around living so close to Chicago-I really do feel much safer with him around. But with a new house in the suburbs–I’m not really needing him so much–plus he’s gotten to the point where he bites—ME! I have a six inch bruise on my leg from where he freaked out and bit. He’s drawn blood (a lot of blood) from my hand a year ago–but no one else, just me. But with the biting, the peeing, the noise–and four kids–I have to let him go!

So Friday is the day! Wish me luck! As OK as I am with this–it’s going to be really hard–and I’m sure many tears will be shed!