It is tough NOW. So how are we coping

sharronloves2spend

Sarah, just wanted to add that 14 years ago we had a cairn terrior he was our baby he slept with us and came everywhere with us. when i gave birth to my son the dog was sooo jealouse and started to growl and show his teeth to him. We knew what we had to do. It was the hardest decision we ever had to make but we had to put our baby first. Never once have we regretted that decision, we found him a good home and he only recently went to doggie heaven. The funny thing is now when our son starts being cheeky we always say 'we should have kept the dog and rehomed you'

Wishing you and your family lots of love
Sharron

happytails

Hi Sharron, thanks for your post. It is a shame alot of dogs do tend to get jealous and obviously for babys safety have to find new homes - this was infact the case with my mums GSD X when i was little. She found him a lovely home and had contact with them for many years until they moved down south.

Sarah

happytails

Just had a good natter with my best friend who has been away in Isle of man for 6 weeks and she thinks we are doing the right thing aswell. Its great that i have such support and my mum and dad are great for letting me, OH and little one into their home - i am already really really grateful - (suppose we'll return the favour when they are old and grey lol)

Trying to be positive and enjoy christmas this year - i havent even got a tree up think i might as well freecycle it - albeit a bit late.

Dropping of xmas presents tomorrow so hoping i will feel much more christmassy after that.

Sarah

Bargain_Rzl

Sarah, it's not too late to freecycle your Christmas tree - one came up on one of my local groups today and was taken within minutes!

happytails

Christmas tree is now on freecycle

Just wrapped up the last xmas presents. Only got 1 more to get tomorrow and got to copy some photos of my late grandad as part of my nanas present at ASDA tomorrow - mustnt forget!

Speaking to a German Shepherd rescue re my 2 shepherds. The guy says he has a family looking for a young !!!!! (mine is 18months) and hopefully they will pass the homecheck and be suitable and Mollie will be what they are after and she will get a loving home *fingers crossed*

I think my old girly is going to be the hardest to rehome she is about 10-12yrs and suffers incontenence, poor wee soul. I hope there is someone out there for her :rolleyes:

Sarah

pagangirl

Happytails - like others have said - it will be hard to rehome your dogs - I am dog mad, so can sympathise with you, but you are doing the best thing. Am really pleased you, OH and bump will be able to stay together. Congratulations mum & dad.:T

A word of caution for anyone shopping at Mr T's - the last 3 times I have bought reduced goods there, they have gone through the till at full price - only found out by checking receipts before I left the shop - which isn't something I normally do - it is now! Customer services have refunded the difference each time - just to let you know - if you don't normally check the bill - you need to start NOW ! :eek:

A very Merry Christmas to all my new found virtual friends on MSE
:xmassign: :rudolf: :xmassmile :santa2:

Sylvan

happytails wrote: »

Well more decisions to make. My mum and dad offered me and OH to live at there house so we could be together with the baby and cut our outgoings to a minimum. There would be 5 adults, 1 baby and an elderly labrador living in a semi with 3 double bedrooms.

We did that for two years happytails (by the end of which time we had three babies/toddlers living in the bedroom with us). It worked for us and I found the grocery money went further too, since the more people there are the cheaper per head it is to feed them.

EDIT: Reading the rest of the thread I see you've made the decision. Best of luck to all three of you. It will be hard to part with the dogs (specially the old one who's been with you so long) but it's for the best (and you'll be amazed how much you save when you don't have to feed three big dogs too).

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your early-warning barometer is speaking again:

look everyone, things have changed again in the financial market and the mood is going backwards again. The feeling of recovery only lasted a little while so my advice now is to hunker down as much as you can. I definitely don`t want to spoil the good mood on here but please please be extra careful re every penny. I am going to ignore the sales for a start as i have all that I need

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nannaC

happytails wrote: »

Christmas tree is now on freecycle

Just wrapped up the last xmas presents. Only got 1 more to get tomorrow and got to copy some photos of my late grandad as part of my nanas present at ASDA tomorrow - mustnt forget!

Speaking to a German Shepherd rescue re my 2 shepherds. The guy says he has a family looking for a young !!!!! (mine is 18months) and hopefully they will pass the homecheck and be suitable and Mollie will be what they are after and she will get a loving home *fingers crossed*

I think my old girly is going to be the hardest to rehome she is about 10-12yrs and suffers incontenence, poor wee soul. I hope there is someone out there for her :rolleyes:

Sarah

Hi Sarah, hope you are all well. Have just been catching up with posts, whew I thought I could natter, have only been away from computer for two days [finishing my knitting] anyway to get back on track. This is a long shot but would your Oh's dad possibly foster your old girly. I too am a doggy person [my old girl is lying next to me as I type]. Its only that when you were both going to live with parents you mentioned that himself and one doggy would be bunking down with his dad.

nannaC

pagangirl wrote: »

A word of caution for anyone shopping at Mr T's - the last 3 times I have bought reduced goods there, they have gone through the till at full price - only found out by checking receipts before I left the shop - which isn't something I normally do - it is now! Customer services have refunded the difference each time - just to let you know - if you don't normally check the bill - you need to start NOW ! :eek:

A very Merry Christmas to all my new found virtual friends on MSE
:xmassign: :rudolf: :xmassmile :santa2:

Hi and a great big welcome from NannaC, have just proudly told Grumpy Grandad that I am a virtual friend, and he did a brill impression of Father christmas HO HO HO, he said I can't be virtual as he can't turn my sound down like he can on the telly [blooming cheek]. I reminded him that its not Christmas day yet and if he carries on his pressie may just mysteriously disappear, into a virtual realm:snow_laug . Re Mr T's please remember that when they overcharge you you get DOUBLE THE DIFFERENCE BACK. I always check my receipts in every shop.