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I just saw this post and read through all of it.
I am glad Shankley is staying at home.
I am not in your shoes so I am not going to judge you. But this much I know that in life you have to make some hard decisions. Back home in Calcutta, India we had 6 Fox Terriers and one Boxer. We loved our dogs very much. Out of the 6 terriers, three were fosters, one died and two were ours. Our Boxer girl, Poppy, was with us for a long time.......but i remember this one day very clearly...I was around 6 then. My Dad had just got transfered to another city for work. That day a gentleman came and took Poppy away. I was very angry with my Dad but now I know why he did what he did. Taking Poppy to the other city was not only expensive but really difficult ( I am talking of India in the 70s). Moreover I know my father was finding it financially hard to maintain our dogs (then we just had Poppy and one of the Terriers). And Poppy was expensive (my father gave her the best treatment always)...so we had to give up Poppy and she was adopted in an excellent home. And we took Jonaki, our Terrier,with us. While in that city my father got colon cancer----we thought that he would die, but he survived and we came back to Calcutta again. Jonaki had a puppy (that time we were not that educated about spaying and neutering) and we also got another dog. But life was getting harder.....since I was late born, my Dad was in the retiring age when I was just 10. Every penny mattered...my brother was also in school around that time. For us Indians, education is very important--we cannot even think of not doing college. So money had to be saved for college. So inorder to have order in our future life, to save every little penny, my father also gave up our Terriers. He did home review and our dogs went to good homes. Life is India is different...it is a place where people who are below poverty level don't even get to eat one proper meal a day.......in that country a life of an animal pales in comparision to the life of a human being.
When I came to the US, my husband and I got Draco. My perspective towards Draco is totally different. His life was as important to me as the life of any other human being. I would have done anything, I mean anything for him. The last 4 months of his life we spent more that $5000 on him....but only because we could afford. We got Draco on Aug 26th, 2000 and June 2001 I had my daughter Royina. My feelings for Draco never ever changed for a moment ( I guess I loved/ love that ManDog too much). Royina was 4 months old, when Draco got sick and needed all of my time..and I devoted that time to him. And if I have to do it all over again...I will in one heartbeat. And I could have never imagined the thought of giving up Draco. He is/was my first child. And if neccessary I will do the same for Argos [even though I know that my love for D is different from A---I love Argos with my heart but Draco is my heart
D Debbie Knowles, remember saying that about Hannah Sue??)]
All I am saying here is that depending on the circumstances and situation we realy have to make different choices in life. How much it hurts we still have to make these choices. And though I personally would never have thought of giving up Draco when Royina was born, I don't think I should judge Mikes wife. For me Draco was my committment and responsibilty and the same thing I will say about Argos. As long as I am capable and fit I will do anything for them. And Mike sounded as if he was looking for a good home for Shankley (before things turned out just perfect). He was not planning to relegate her to the backyard.....atleast a good adopted home is much better than a cold backyard.
As for Mike saying that we Boxer lovers need our heads checked, maybe Mike doesnot realize the urgency of our love for our Boxer Babies, again maybe he does. But even if he doesn't it doesnot make him a person with horns. For each person priorities are different.
I am glad Shankley is staying at home.
I am not in your shoes so I am not going to judge you. But this much I know that in life you have to make some hard decisions. Back home in Calcutta, India we had 6 Fox Terriers and one Boxer. We loved our dogs very much. Out of the 6 terriers, three were fosters, one died and two were ours. Our Boxer girl, Poppy, was with us for a long time.......but i remember this one day very clearly...I was around 6 then. My Dad had just got transfered to another city for work. That day a gentleman came and took Poppy away. I was very angry with my Dad but now I know why he did what he did. Taking Poppy to the other city was not only expensive but really difficult ( I am talking of India in the 70s). Moreover I know my father was finding it financially hard to maintain our dogs (then we just had Poppy and one of the Terriers). And Poppy was expensive (my father gave her the best treatment always)...so we had to give up Poppy and she was adopted in an excellent home. And we took Jonaki, our Terrier,with us. While in that city my father got colon cancer----we thought that he would die, but he survived and we came back to Calcutta again. Jonaki had a puppy (that time we were not that educated about spaying and neutering) and we also got another dog. But life was getting harder.....since I was late born, my Dad was in the retiring age when I was just 10. Every penny mattered...my brother was also in school around that time. For us Indians, education is very important--we cannot even think of not doing college. So money had to be saved for college. So inorder to have order in our future life, to save every little penny, my father also gave up our Terriers. He did home review and our dogs went to good homes. Life is India is different...it is a place where people who are below poverty level don't even get to eat one proper meal a day.......in that country a life of an animal pales in comparision to the life of a human being.
When I came to the US, my husband and I got Draco. My perspective towards Draco is totally different. His life was as important to me as the life of any other human being. I would have done anything, I mean anything for him. The last 4 months of his life we spent more that $5000 on him....but only because we could afford. We got Draco on Aug 26th, 2000 and June 2001 I had my daughter Royina. My feelings for Draco never ever changed for a moment ( I guess I loved/ love that ManDog too much). Royina was 4 months old, when Draco got sick and needed all of my time..and I devoted that time to him. And if I have to do it all over again...I will in one heartbeat. And I could have never imagined the thought of giving up Draco. He is/was my first child. And if neccessary I will do the same for Argos [even though I know that my love for D is different from A---I love Argos with my heart but Draco is my heart
D Debbie Knowles, remember saying that about Hannah Sue??)]All I am saying here is that depending on the circumstances and situation we realy have to make different choices in life. How much it hurts we still have to make these choices. And though I personally would never have thought of giving up Draco when Royina was born, I don't think I should judge Mikes wife. For me Draco was my committment and responsibilty and the same thing I will say about Argos. As long as I am capable and fit I will do anything for them. And Mike sounded as if he was looking for a good home for Shankley (before things turned out just perfect). He was not planning to relegate her to the backyard.....atleast a good adopted home is much better than a cold backyard.
As for Mike saying that we Boxer lovers need our heads checked, maybe Mike doesnot realize the urgency of our love for our Boxer Babies, again maybe he does. But even if he doesn't it doesnot make him a person with horns. For each person priorities are different.
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