badly...
I joined a facebook group and have been looking at the photos for a week now and probably could have filled up a bathtub with the amount of drooling I've been doing.
I posted to the group and a good 15 or 20 people responded and told me all about their dogs and the dogs sound just amazing, not to mention the people have been hugely generous to answer my questions. A woman in my local area even said that I could meet her dogs sometime - I hope I can take her up on that offer.
But alas, I'm not in a position to get any dog right now. Those of you that are young, how did you decide that it was the right time to get a dog? I KNOW that now is not the time, but I'll be graduating soon and I don't see myself waiting until I'm all settled in a house of my own (because goodness knows how many years that will be from now). But then life still seems so up in the air right now and I don't see that changing soon.
Also, how do you take the leap to make the shift from rescue to breeder? I've only ever rescued - I have nothing against good breeders, but I don't know that I'll find the gumption to put aside my "save a dog" mentality and get a breed that I LOVE but (almost) never shows up in rescue. I also know that it'll be a struggle to hand over $1,500 if that day ever comes when I know that I could walk into a shelter and leave with a new best friend for $25. [no need to educate me on the whole "proactive" vs "retroactive" spending thing with regard to buying a dog whose parents are health tested... I get it, it's easy to rationalize, but still hard to accept].
But, but, but, I WANT A EURASIER NOOOOOOWWWWWWWWW!
(photo taken from google)
I joined a facebook group and have been looking at the photos for a week now and probably could have filled up a bathtub with the amount of drooling I've been doing.
I posted to the group and a good 15 or 20 people responded and told me all about their dogs and the dogs sound just amazing, not to mention the people have been hugely generous to answer my questions. A woman in my local area even said that I could meet her dogs sometime - I hope I can take her up on that offer.
But alas, I'm not in a position to get any dog right now. Those of you that are young, how did you decide that it was the right time to get a dog? I KNOW that now is not the time, but I'll be graduating soon and I don't see myself waiting until I'm all settled in a house of my own (because goodness knows how many years that will be from now). But then life still seems so up in the air right now and I don't see that changing soon.
Also, how do you take the leap to make the shift from rescue to breeder? I've only ever rescued - I have nothing against good breeders, but I don't know that I'll find the gumption to put aside my "save a dog" mentality and get a breed that I LOVE but (almost) never shows up in rescue. I also know that it'll be a struggle to hand over $1,500 if that day ever comes when I know that I could walk into a shelter and leave with a new best friend for $25. [no need to educate me on the whole "proactive" vs "retroactive" spending thing with regard to buying a dog whose parents are health tested... I get it, it's easy to rationalize, but still hard to accept].
But, but, but, I WANT A EURASIER NOOOOOOWWWWWWWWW!
(photo taken from google)