Not mine. My boyfriend dropped a bombshell last night of basically telling me he wasn't sure about getting another dog.
We've planned this over a year, and it was HIS choice to get a puppy, go to breeder etc (i wanted to rescue). We've talked every step of the way, I've constantly checked along the way that this wasn't just MY plan, told him every worst case scenario (and he agrees with all this, I've not hidden anything at all)...
He's been reading horror stories about crazy gsps and speaking with a gundog man and basically has major coldfeet now.... 4 weeks before D day. He's worried about what happens when I'm at work, and getting a dog sitter if we go out/away and mess and la la la...
As you can imagine I am pretty annoyed because he knew all the answers to these things (again, planning for over a year!!!), and upset because I feel like he's led me up the garden path.
He said he'd get it because he knows how much it means to me and he wants me to be happy, but I'm annoyed because it was OUR plan, not mine, and I love him and want him to be happy too, not miserable with a puppy making a mess!!
Just tainted everything... I've suggested him coming to meet the breeder so he can meet the dogs and see them interacting in the home to reassure him a bit. He doesn't get that these are show line dogs, not working line... That's WHY I went with the breeder. Or that bodhi needs just as much work and exercise (she's a go go dog).
Anyway..... This is more a venting rant than anything... No one else would get it
I love him so much, but he's a big fat wally, and he knows dogs were part of my package (he doesn't deny this).
Sure we'll sort it, but I feel like I can't talk to him today!!! There has been tears!
/end rant.
We've planned this over a year, and it was HIS choice to get a puppy, go to breeder etc (i wanted to rescue). We've talked every step of the way, I've constantly checked along the way that this wasn't just MY plan, told him every worst case scenario (and he agrees with all this, I've not hidden anything at all)...
He's been reading horror stories about crazy gsps and speaking with a gundog man and basically has major coldfeet now.... 4 weeks before D day. He's worried about what happens when I'm at work, and getting a dog sitter if we go out/away and mess and la la la...
As you can imagine I am pretty annoyed because he knew all the answers to these things (again, planning for over a year!!!), and upset because I feel like he's led me up the garden path.
He said he'd get it because he knows how much it means to me and he wants me to be happy, but I'm annoyed because it was OUR plan, not mine, and I love him and want him to be happy too, not miserable with a puppy making a mess!!
Just tainted everything... I've suggested him coming to meet the breeder so he can meet the dogs and see them interacting in the home to reassure him a bit. He doesn't get that these are show line dogs, not working line... That's WHY I went with the breeder. Or that bodhi needs just as much work and exercise (she's a go go dog).
Anyway..... This is more a venting rant than anything... No one else would get it
I love him so much, but he's a big fat wally, and he knows dogs were part of my package (he doesn't deny this).
Sure we'll sort it, but I feel like I can't talk to him today!!! There has been tears!
/end rant.