Well, I should have known better than to talk about the sleepover with the pup before it happened. I got home from work last night to a message from the farm lady saying that she had changed her mind because she was concerned about parvo.
Now parvo is serious, its a nasty viral disease that can take a healthy dog and put him into the hospital for five days or so if you're lucky. If you're not lucky and don't catch it in time then your dog is going to die. And they don't die gently. Its a very, very uncool disease. But with that said, the likelihood of Nande catching it during a supervised sleepover at the house just a few days before we take her home for good is almost nil.
Here's some more info on it, ParvoFaq.
But the real reason I'm posting about this is to vent some frustration. According to the plan we'd established in the beginning, we should have Nande home now. Instead we have to wait until Tuesday which is when the pups are exactly 10 weeks old. I called her and left a message saying that we will be out after work on Tuesday to pick up our dog. No ifs ands or buts about it because, honestly, this crap is emotionally taxing and we just want to have our dog home.
The lady isn't mean or anything like that. She's just a little barmy and overprotective of the pups and a little overinquisitive into our ability to take care of a dog properly. The way I see it, we wanted a dog, we have the space, time and extra love for a dog and dammit, we're going to get one. P and I will be utterly heartbroken if we don't get Nande but I don't think it will come to that. Although I don't know, the lady is whacked, that's for sure. And the slippery slope thing is maddening. One day its one thing and the next its another.
She's attached to the puppies and giving them away will be extremely emotional for her. I can respect that but its time. The pups are old enough, have learned enough from their mother and its time for them to get into their homes and really begin to bond with their new families. Prolonging the goodbye process will only make it harder on her and the two boys. I feel badly for them but they all knew this was coming and they should been mentally preparing for it all along instead of this stuff.
All I want to do now is get Nande home. Start her life here with us. And not miss out on any more time we can spend with her and her with us.
Luckily we'll have the ultrasound to distract us on Monday and I've got the sweet hot news press releases going out Monday morning so I'll have plenty to keep me occupied.
But come Tuesday, I don't think either of us are going to put up with any more shenanigans. We'll get our dog and bring her home.
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