Blogger: happyeyesdogrescue - Configure Blog Posts

Blogger: happyeyesdogrescue - Configure Blog Posts

2009

I had spent all the year looking for a dog on Petfinder.com. Every morning I woke up and got my cup of coffee, turned on the computer and from 5:30 until 6:10 could look for my new dog. I am a teacher and my students used to often ask my what time I woke up in the morning. Middle school students seem to like to know everything about you but they were often bewildered when I told them what time I arose. "Why so early?" they would ask. "Because that is when I have time to look for a dog."
My husband was only called to the computer screen when I found a really nice looking one to be approved. For a year he said no to everything that I showed him." Too small, too hairy, too big, too old, too fat, too thin, too young..." I looked through thousands of dogs. I imaginged myself with hundreds. I would print out pictures of dogs I thought were good choices and stick them up on my board at school to look at. I bought a stuffed dog and clutched it in my hand at night. I took it in my purse on car trips for company.
Our son is away at college. We had always had a dog or two in the house when he was home and he did not understand the big deal. "Get Mom another dog" Silas said to my husband."Then she will have someone else to fixate on."