Well it is done. After one awesome year with the most fun crazy well behaved dog I have ever owned, he has been returned to the spca. I am pretty bitter about the spca right now and not just because of this.
I have never been a fan of theirs. They come across just too holier than thou. And they aren't. Four hundred bucks for a stray mutt is ridiculous. And to qualify you have to be God. You fill out a four page book on everything about yourself, even very personal things and then you might, or might not, get an unwanted dog, nine times out of ten with problems.
The other reason is that they did not tell us about Floppy's incurable yeast issue. And that is a horrible and very very expensive thing to treat. If we had known I would never have taken him. I can't afford five hundred bucks a month to keep him from being miserable. We did everything in our power to help him but he needed steroids and expensive creams and shampoo. The dog food recommended was close to 200 bucks a bag.
As we drove him today we got halfway down the lane towards the spca and he went nuts. Happy nuts. He knew exactly where he was. He had lived there for two months before we took him. So that made us feel a wee tiny bit better about leaving him.
They weren't too happy about taking him back right then. They aren't the biggest spca in the world and they have 22 dogs in there right now. Now 23. I didn't feel too sorry about that I must admit. Flop will love the overcrowding!!
So with a heavy heart and swollen eyes I say good night. My stinky bedmate will be sorely missed tonight. I am going to super miss my morning nose kiss from him. This is just so sad...almost as sad as when we had to put one of our many dogs down. No more dogs in my life.
TFL andTTYLHIS LAST NIGHT WITH ME
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