dachshund

And then there was none…

| Ben

My partner made me return Marley to the rescue about a week ago. It’s why I’ve been so silent. I’ve been really sad about it.

With me working at night, she wouldn’t sleep well at night. She did settle down after a while, but then I’d get home in the morning and she’d want to stay up.

My first night at work was full of my partner calling over and over, then messaging telling me that he couldn’t handle her because she was being too puppy-like and that his mental health was terrible because of it.

I explained that she needed more time to get used to things, and we’d have to deal with some of those behaviours at first. He wouldn’t listen. He wanted a carbon-copy of the dog we had before who was 8 or 9 years old and couldn’t move around very well.

So, she’s gone back to the rescue. The rescue said that we could return her within two weeks. I still think that I could have handled her given more time.

My partner is already not very easy to live with. So yeah, instead of grieving the loss of one dog, now I’m grieving two. I was supposed to take two weeks of leave starting this week, but it would have been very boring without Marley. I’ve returned to the university to finish up my last unit’s clinical practice.

I guess there is that, but I’m still sad. Angry. I just hope that Marley gets to go to a good home. I told my partner that I am going to be mad for a while. He’s tried planning vacations, giving gifts, etc but I’m still super upset.

A New Sausage Dog

| Ben

As much as I love myself a good public holiday, Australia Day has become a bit controversial but I got the day off and that’s what good for me. It’s also the day that I adopted my new sausage dog, Marley. (Not my choice of a name, but I don’t want to change it.)

She’s a rescue dog and I pretty much explained the back story in another post. The meet-and-greet went very well, and well, I wanted to bring her home with me.

Long story short, I adopted her and picked her up on Australia Day. She’s still very puppy-like and I haven’t really had a puppy for a long, long time. The rescue organization told me I can return her within 2 weeks and my partner likes to remind me of that.

Sleepy girl tires herself out!

I constantly have to watch her because she is always up to something. If I take my eyes off of her for 10 seconds, she’s into something or doing something, but as I said, she’s still very puppy-like. She’s a handful, but she can be sweet. And she sleeps very well at night—this should be interesting when I have to work nights this week.

Anyway, she’s happy. She’s a picky eater, but she’s a sweet girl. Every time my partner reminds me of taking her back, I get upset. This sweet girl needs a loving home and you know something, she needs a home. I’m really looking forward to the years of love and companionship we give together.

I Need More Sausage In My Life

| Ben

Lately, I’ve been applying to adopt a sausage dog because the loss of my last one has really been a bit too much for me. After all the applying, I’ve got a little meet-and-greet to see a dog tomorrow. I was going to meet her before my partner gets back from his home country but I told the person I was adopting her from that he’s away until Saturday and asked if it would be possible for me to come after he arrives.

So, I’ve arranged to meet the dog right after my partner lands in Australia.

This is really exciting for me, but at the same time, I feel a little guilty because I’m not fully over my previous dog’s passing. At the same time, I am happy to have the chance to save a dog who needs a new loving home.

She’s a small girl and has already had puppies which makes me really sad. These puppies came late last year, and I noticed from her pictures that she had puppies before (it’s really hard to miss). That makes me feel so sad for her because she’s barely one year old. I’m really hoping that she had a good pregnancy and didn’t just exist to have puppies. Well, she’ll have a nice, loving home here. No need to have puppies. We’ll just go for walks on the beach, to the park and stuff that dogs like to do. If I can be part of a dog feeling loved and taken care of, then I am happy. Hopefully she’ll be happy too.

The adoption fee for her is a little more than I was expecting to pay but I don’t think I can walk away from her. I’d rather give up my luxuries to adopt her than to leave her behind. To make up for the increased fee, I’ve been selling some of my previously loved devices. An iPad Air, Mac mini, AirPods Pro 2, and a few other things are on the market now.

Sacrificing these devices is worth giving a dachshund a loving home.

I’m sure I’ll update later this weekend. I’m a bit anxious because I don’t know how this will go. I will need my partner to cover some of this adoption fee because my pay doesn’t get to me until this coming Wednesday.

Fingers crossed, folks!