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Jun. 3rd, 2009 08:59 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
magicalmarthaI've made a severely poor judgement call. I thought for a moment that having the possibility of a job meant that it was ok to go to petfinder.com and do a search on young, small dogs in shelters in the Chicagoland area.
This was a bad idea.
First the search turned up Benjamin, a shiba inu/terrier mix someone found camping out in a construction sight. I cannot adopt Benjamin because the shelter he's at limits adoptions to people at least 24 years old. Search number two was Darren, a doofy looking white thing with a shepherd's head on a wee body. Search three was my doom.
Meet Cody.
He's a one-year-old "Tibetan terrier" mix (did a quick Google search, and I think he MAY be slightly more Tibetan terrier than I am), and the site says he's friendly, up to date on all his shots, and already neutered. Guys, this is a PROBLEM. I don't have an apartment yet, and common sense is telling me that bringing another dog into my house with two other, totally nutso dogs in it already, is a BAD idea. But I'm already thinking about how long it'll take me to drive to Deerfield on Saturday, and whether or not I should call the shelter today to make sure he'll be there if I go visit. And I've calculated that I have enough money in the bank to cover any expenses totally comfortably until I get a regular job. I just. I don't know. LOOK AT HIS LITTLE FACE.
I was DESPERETELY concerned when I looked at the shelter's website and Cody wasn't listed. I am SO concerned about the fact that I'm already thinking about him in terms of adoption. I knew this was something I was going to do, and it's totally my fault for beginning the search just slightly too early, but is too early by a month or two really a problem? Gah. I'm in trouble.
This was a bad idea.
First the search turned up Benjamin, a shiba inu/terrier mix someone found camping out in a construction sight. I cannot adopt Benjamin because the shelter he's at limits adoptions to people at least 24 years old. Search number two was Darren, a doofy looking white thing with a shepherd's head on a wee body. Search three was my doom.
Meet Cody.
He's a one-year-old "Tibetan terrier" mix (did a quick Google search, and I think he MAY be slightly more Tibetan terrier than I am), and the site says he's friendly, up to date on all his shots, and already neutered. Guys, this is a PROBLEM. I don't have an apartment yet, and common sense is telling me that bringing another dog into my house with two other, totally nutso dogs in it already, is a BAD idea. But I'm already thinking about how long it'll take me to drive to Deerfield on Saturday, and whether or not I should call the shelter today to make sure he'll be there if I go visit. And I've calculated that I have enough money in the bank to cover any expenses totally comfortably until I get a regular job. I just. I don't know. LOOK AT HIS LITTLE FACE.
I was DESPERETELY concerned when I looked at the shelter's website and Cody wasn't listed. I am SO concerned about the fact that I'm already thinking about him in terms of adoption. I knew this was something I was going to do, and it's totally my fault for beginning the search just slightly too early, but is too early by a month or two really a problem? Gah. I'm in trouble.
