Furry Friend

"I've seen a look in dogs' eyes, a quickly vanishing look of amazed contempt, and I am convinced that basically dogs think humans are nuts."John Steinbeck

After almost two months of stalking a shelter dog online I finally bit the bullet and went to see her. She is now living with me. It took me so long to finally get a dog because well for someone who has lived as basically a nomad for close to 20 years a dog is a major commitment. I wanted to make sure I had everything in place before I adopted a dog. Basically I was worried about silly stuff probably the same way first time parents feel. It maybe the fear of the unknown. I have lived with and taken care of dogs for most of my life and yet I still hesitated about actually owning one. So now I am a dog owner.

I arrived at the shelter and appeared confident stating exactly which dog I was interested in...didn't mention I had been obsessively stalking said dog for weeks online checking to make sure she hadn't been adopted and yet not feeling quite brave enough to go in. I have heard horror stories about adopting pets from shelters. This one article I read online was all about this guy who found the dog he wanted, visited it had an interview, had someone come to his house to check it out, went and bought a ton of doggy paraphernalia only to be told that there was a mistake and his dog was adopted by someone else. The author was so sad. I completely understood how he felt. Sometimes it feels like such an ordeal trying to become a pet owner. What if you are rejected? What if your dog becomes someone else's dog? 

Well I took the plunge and passed all the tests and am now the proud owner of my own furry companion. Pretty sure this was one of the great decisions for the year of forty!