My precious little Kayla passed away last January and I still have her daughter Alice. Ali's getting a bit slow and so I figured I'd add to our family and get her a playmate, a rescue dog seemed the right way to go.
Dog #1 ~ a purebred beagle, I didn't qualify because I lacked a fenced in yard, that would go for all the dogs in their inventory as well.
Dog #2 ~ a beagle mix, the morning I was going to make the 400 mile round trip run to pick up this dog they spring a surprise home inspection on me by their local representative. to get to the area she needed to see I would have walked her right through my grow, I had to refuse her entry and they canceled the adoption.
Dog #3 ~ another beagle mix, I waited 2 days to hear back from them after completing the application for this particular dog but they claimed she was already spoken for. Likely just bad timing on my part.
I'm avoiding buying a puppy as my 9 yr old Alice would probably benefit from a dog w/more mature behavior instead of suddenly having a puppy chewing on her & in her face non-stop.
Now I'm wondering if a puppy isn't the best idea for us, I won't potentially be inheriting someone else's 'bad dog' issues.
As I look through the other ads a home visit is required by many & that just ain't happenin'; I can visit an out of state facility but we're talking 300-350 miles each way.
btw, the rescue dogs were priced @ $200 & $280 and the adoption fee for dog #3 went undisclosed to me.
I can buy a puppy locally from the same breeder that Kayla came from for $300.
what do you guys think I should do?
buy or continue on what seems to be an unrewarding path so far.......
