Rehoming....

I'm glad you shared too![]

If Cinnabun can get to the point that he only screams at the vet, then I'll be pretty happy!

 
I feel for you on that one! Our first frenchie "Bubba" is a screamer, since I'm a mom I've learned to block him out like the rug rats when they were growing up but let me tell you, he just doesn't scream, he screams names and phrases!!
 When he was out showing it was nothing for people to come up and tell us when we returned to the crating area, "I hope you don't mind but I had to peek in that crate, I thought someone put their child in there!"
Bubba screams my daughters name exagerated but it does sound like he is saying Dana only it is more like daaaaayyyyyyyna and also managed to get out a heeeelpppme..it's the funniest thing now but I'll tell you it used to be nerve wracking!
Annie, Grady's mom might have heard Bubba when she came to visit us at the shows in Edison...he still comes with us now and then as he is a veteran.
 
I'm glad you're feeling better, we'll help you get through this. Transition is hard at times but I'm sure in a few months you'll look back and think I remember when....
 

I am so glad your feeling better, I did want to tell you dont wish this thread never happened. So many people will benefit from your honesty.
 
I also wanted to tell you that when we first brought Egan home, my hubby slept in the floor next to his crate with his hand in the crate for 8 nights..... LOL
 
If he didnt Egan would whine and cry all noc, but he adjusted finally... Now he's a pro and will go to the crate when told, well not every time....LOL
 
Hang in there, and thanks for sharing this dificult time of your life with all of us.

Who am I to pop in and say anything? As always, dog owners and dog lovers walk that fine line between being responsible and being honest.
 
I really think dogs reattach to new homes quite easily and if this is best for you and for Cinnabun, then no issues from me.
 
I know I might sound callous--but dogs really do land on their feet in new homes, so long as they are good ones.
 
It's hard to get sucked into a certain dog, then get that dog, and then realize that it's not a good fit.
 
These dogs are for life, so good fits really do count--for both the pet and for us. If they'll be better loved somewhere else, then by all means, do what's best for the ones who can't speak for themselves. Far better to be rehomed than to be shoved out back and ignored forever.
 
(Trust me--I took THAT kind of dog in and it's a LOT of work, though I wouldn't have it any other way and I know he wouldn't, either.)

A little tardy on my part . . . []
 
And if you're keeping him, feel free to whine. I've done my fair share with the weirdo, er, darling I have now! (The shoved-out-back-and-forgotten boy I have.)

Hey, Cinnabun, looks like you won!  The day my mom picked me up (after driving all the way to Georgia to get me), I screamed for the first 169 miles on the way home.  The vet said I sure was "busy", and she has Jack Russell's.  No one thought my mom would keep me, either, but I am very smart and it didn't take long before I was the apple of her eye.  Of course, the big hound still wishes I was on my way back south...but my mom says I'm her little speckled thing and she loves me. I think it's 'cuz I'm trained now)  Boy, am I glad she didn't give up - my sister has to herd cattle for a living, and all I have to do is play frisbee and swim in my pool. 
Love,
Sequoyah

That was great, Spiritdogs. Great post. Thanks for yet another reminder of how tough adjustments can be!

It really makes me feel sooo much better that I'm not the only one who has given serious thought to rehoming.

Nope, your definately not!  I almost did it twice!  I just couldn't in the end and I'm SO glad.  It's like someone else said, she's a gift to me and I thank God for bringing us together every day.  I really, really love her.  But, it wasn't always like this, especially the first few months.  She came after me once in my own living room just because I got up off the couch.  I put that there so you'd have some perspective.  Now, I can do anything to her and not a grumble from her.  It just takes time, training, patience. . .

We always her that when we adopt a dog we should care for it for all it's life...  yeah.
 
I think that you are doing what is best for your new dog, if careing for it for it's whole life is finding it a home that it fits well into  then you did your part in helping the dog.  If you don't think you can give it the care it needs, emotional connection, then it would be best for the little pup to be rehomed.  It must have been so difficult posting on here after being a member for a while and already knowing what some may say.  I just say that pup needs your help and if finding it the right home is how your going to help it then do that.  If you think you can hold on a little longer and see what the outcome is then do that instead.  Really, only you can decide what is best for that pup.

Good Job Tamara! [sm=wink2.gif]
 
I know when this stage is all over and done with you will be like "I did it." I know it will be a great refreshing feeling. You will have taken a fiesty little puppy and made him a love. And who knows...maybe Cinnabun's "different" personality will bring out something in you. All my animals are so completely different...and that's what I love about them! []
 
I went from a Labrador Retriever as my first dog growing up...to a German Shepherd to go with my Criminal Justice degree.[&:] Boy was that a change! My GSD is a fiesty boy...and the alpha male at that...he is a barker/lunger/growler! I think I heard my Lab growl once in his entire life! Soooooo different....not at all what I was used to. I wasn't sure if I could get used to it...but now I know I could not live without it! He brings out a whole different side of me.
 
I know there have been many times my mom has probably wanted to re-home ME...he he! But once we got past those teenage years we are the best of friends and can sit back and laugh at all the stuff we've been through. [] 
 
I think you are doing a wonderful job, and that's why we have this forum, so we can all help each other out. []

I was thinking, it must be awful for a little pup to go to a new home where everything is new and to be away from your Mom and siblings, I'll bet it's just as hard on your dog as it is on you. 

Luv - glad you are feeling better.  Those drinks must have helped!  It took 4 weeks before our other dog bonded completly with the pup.  Now you can't pull them off each other.  And me, well the bonding is happening as we speak every day, I do love the baby.   

I've just spent about 30 minutes reading the posts on this thread.   I wish I could have read the original thread.  I have two Shih Tzu fur kids too.  The first one, Charlie was the best puppy ever.  He was so easy to house train, the only issue I had with him was that he was a picky eater.  My husband and I decided we loved Charlie so much we needed to have another one.  So we got Duke from the same breeder and oh my gosh was I stressed out for about two months!  First of all, he LOVES to eat his poop!  I was so repulsed when I first saw him do this, I went straight to idog and posted a thread.  I learned that this is normal in some puppies and especially with this breed.  He would also SCREAM at me with this ear piercing horrible scream that I've never heard any dog make before when I tried to pull something from his mouth or when I tried to put ear drops in his ears (he had terrible ear infections the first week we had him) or brush his hair.  He pooped and peed all over the house and I thought I'd never be able to train him.  I was ready to rip my hair out.  Anyway, it took some time, but I absolutely adore him now.  He stopped the screaming thing, he is now fully house trained.  I have to watch him when he goes poop to make sure he doesn't eat it, but he is so loving and sweet.  I'm really happy we stuck it out with him. 
 

Oh Kelly, what a cutie he is!

im so glad you decided to stick by your pup!!! i missed the original post but it was making me kind of sad because my dog was such a naughty pup and to this day i still believe if anyone else had had him he would be either dead or living miserably on a chain. he ate baby bottles, pooed on the floor constantly for almost a year despite going out fifty million times, chewed up stuffed animals that werent his, got in the garbage, you name it, that first year we had him he was rotten, and we had a newborn at the same time too!
 
after all ive put into my dog these past 3 years him being that evil makes me love him so much more, he is finally a good boy (most of the time) and i wouldnt give him up anymore than i would my daughter.
 
stick in there, you wont regret it, all "children" are hard work, but its work thats worth while.