Boxer Needs Home in Indiana/Chicago

[Seattle Mom]

We have a very sweet 3 year boxer who needs a good home. She is a fawn and on the little side at 40 - 45 lbs. She is house broken and very good with children.

The reason we cannot keep her is anymore is we have a new baby, and both me and my husband work 60 plus hours a week. She deserves a lot more love then we can give her. Her name is Seattle and I want to find her a home with a very loving family. I will post her picture as soon as I can.

This has not been an easy decision, but I need to do what is best for her.

 

[Shakira's Ma]

You need to contact your nearest boxer rescue. Isn't there anyway you can keep her? You may work 60 hour weeks and that takes time away from her, but it also takes time away from your children and they are no doubt in daycare, so why not try to get someone to come and walk her and play with her a few hours a day or maybe take her to doggie daycare. She is a part of your family now and at three years old she probably would be lost without you guys. If it is definately not a possibility to keep her, I would contact a boxer rescue and see if they can take her and find her the forever home that she deserves.

 

[SILLY6PAK]

That is so sad to give her away after 3 years. Poor dog I sure hope you find her the loving home she deserves.

 

[Seattle Mom]

It is not as though I just woke up and said that I don't want my dog. This is breaking my heart. I am trying to do what is best for her. I have a newborn and she is getting jealous that all of my attention that she used to receive is now focused on the baby. She is acting out by chewing on the baby's things. I am just not being fair to her. She is used to having me 100% of the time and that is just no longer possible.

 

[SandyHG55654]

Look for a local Boxer rescue in your area.

 

[Shakira's Ma]

I hope that you have had time to think and reconsider your position on this situation. Seattle is just acting out because of the new addition no more then what an older sibling would do. You will have this same type of behaviour when you add another child, after all our furbabies are susposed to be part of our family just like a skinkid so she is feeling left out. Isn't it possible to give her some extra attention when you can? You will notice a difference in her behaviour if you do this. If you are still not sure and still think that you need to part with her, I am hoping that a boxer rescue can give you some assistance. I was just checking for an update to see if maybe you had reconsidered.

 

[pmari3]

I agree with Shakira's Ma, Seattle is just feeling out of place right now. My Rottweiler did the same thing when my son came along. She was chewing everything in sight, including the babies things if I left them within her reach. But once she got used to the new routine and her place in it, she went back to being the wonderful dog she always had been. If you could just try to stick with it a few months, I'm sure you'd see a vast improvement.

I know what you are going through, my husband and I both work full-time and with the added pressures of a new baby, it just doesn't seem possible to have it all work, but it did. And what we learned the first time around, made the transition even smoother when we brought home baby #2

I wish you the best of luck with your decision!

 

[sthren65]

Found Home yet?

Have you found a home yet?

 

[DeLong]

If no one else is interested that posted in this thread Id like to talk. We are considering a 2nd.