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Battle of the Breeds

August 19, 2004

I have two dogs. Kairo is a nine year old Italian Greyhound and Shaey is a five month old yellow Labrador Retriever. The IG doesn’t exactly love the Labby. She’s a little too rough for my old girl.

The other day when it was time to take Shaey out, she barreled down the stairs and right into Kairo. Kairo flipped on her back and sorta bounced all the way down the stairs until she crashed at the bottom. I thought she was paralyzed by the way she just froze up. Thankfully she’s fine, though very shaken still. The incident has forced me reconsider this living arrangement however. To me, my dogs are a part of my family. I have given up one dog, but it was to my in-laws who became very very attached to him while they watched him after the twins were born. I had my hand so full with the babies, that I was glad for the help. But I am having a hard time accepting the idea of sending Shaey away when she’s been with us for less than 6 months.

What can I do though? I’m really afraid for Kairo at this point. This is the second time something like this has happened. The first time left her with a sprained shoulder and it took her a week to recover. My sister has been wanting to take Shaey for a weekend for some time now. She’s funny like that. She thinks of her as a niece. I called her yesterday and made arrangements for her to take Shaey early. She’s there now, and won’t be returning until next week at the earliest. I’m hoping my sister’s big dog can take my bratty dog down a peg or two. But if I don’t see an improvement in Shaey’s energy level, I may have to send her back to the breeder, as hard as it is for me to think about.

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One Response to “Battle of the Breeds”

  1. Oz Says:
    August 19th, 2004 at 10:30 am

    As you know, I have a 9 year old lab (Chester), and he is STILL chock full of energy. His energy level far surpasses my other dogs who are all younger than he is by 2-4 years. That’s just the way labs are. Literally, I cringe at the thought of have a lab puppy. Living with such a creature MUST be one of the levels of hell. But if you want to keep both dogs, couldn’t you create some “safe zones” for Kairo? Or even have the lab outside most of the day? I also keep my dogs in my house all the time and have never had an outside dog, but I know people who do, and the dogs seem perfectly happy. My brother-in-law has a hunting dog, and the dog is in an outside run all day and then inside for the night. It’s not much different than people who work all day and leave their dogs alone. But you might not be comfortable with an arrangement like that. Anyway, it’s a tough situation you’re in. I’ve had to move animals around here and there because of incompatibility issues, and I’ve taken some in for the same reason. In fact, all of my dogs are shelter/rescue dogs, so I guess they all didn’t fit in wherever they started out.

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