One of those nights....

Im sure everyone has them.. its just a night, where my thoughts get the best of me. I hate my life, I hate my job. I cant stand my dogs. I want nothing more then to move away and start new. Id pack up tomorrow if I could....

Do you want my dog?

I get asked at least once a month if I can take someones dogs as my own. Because they dont want to put in the work the dog requires and at one point I told them how much I loved there dog. Which isnt a total lie. I do have a special place in my heart for each and every dog I work with. This does not mean I want your dog in my house. Im a dog trainer, that runs a kennel I already have a 24hr a day 7 days a week no holidays job, so in the little bit of down time I get I rarely want to spend it training my own dogs ( unless it has to do with agility or herding ) let alone your basket case.

The trainer who lived on this property before me at one point hat 13 dogs that had been left here or she took in, then abandoned. They lived in a kennel, similar to being in a shelter. Its not a life. 

Taking in a dog is one thing... but when an owner abandons a dog with you is another. I feel that people think that if they just leave a dog with a trainer or at a boarding facility they will be well taken care of and the trainer will find them the perfect home, This is not always true. Ive had two people leave dogs with me. The first was a german shepherd. The I cut the owner some slack because she gave me this sob store and she promised she would return for the dog the following friday. When friday came and went and I had not heard from her I called. I called from my work number, my personal number and I sent a few emails. Nothing. I was able to find him a home. The second was a pit. The owner was a Marine wife, husband was deployed at the time she had a baby, and these two pits. The female was giving her the most trouble. She would go nuts at the end of the leash when she would see another dog. I spent 2 hours with her the first time I met her, and the owner sent her with me that day for some inkennel training. I was able to get $300 in cash from her that day. Beyond that I was going to let her pay me $500 a week till she payed me in full. I got threw 2 weeks of payment then they stopped. I contacted her and nothing. I continued to train her dog for a few weeks after till I just gave up. Her dog who had a home and a family. She now lives in a kennel. she gets out to potty in the am and again after dark. I wonder if it was premeditated, or she got used to life with out the trouble maker and decided it was much easier and that the dog would have a better life with me. And its not true. She does not handle kennel life well. And her and the other no home dogs get out after everyone else. Its sad and I hate keeping her here.