Comments on: True confession http://pawcurious.com/2009/03/true-confession/ eat. play. love. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:20:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Dr. V http://pawcurious.com/2009/03/true-confession/#comment-635 Dr. V Sat, 28 Mar 2009 01:40:25 +0000 http://www.thevogelsangs.com/pawcurious/2009/03/true-confession/#comment-635 <p>Thanks guys. I know it was for the best and I guess I’m just so sad it didn’t work out. But man am I relieved!!</p> Thanks guys. I know it was for the best and I guess I’m just so sad it didn’t work out. But man am I relieved!!

]]> By: Kate http://pawcurious.com/2009/03/true-confession/#comment-634 Kate Fri, 27 Mar 2009 17:38:41 +0000 http://www.thevogelsangs.com/pawcurious/2009/03/true-confession/#comment-634 <p>Absolutely the best and most responsible thing to do.</p> Absolutely the best and most responsible thing to do.

]]> By: Kim http://pawcurious.com/2009/03/true-confession/#comment-633 Kim Fri, 27 Mar 2009 16:17:18 +0000 http://www.thevogelsangs.com/pawcurious/2009/03/true-confession/#comment-633 <p>I agree that you’re not a failure! In fact, you gave yourself more time to find a good home than the original owner did. It sounds like she wanted to dump Skippy without having a guilty conscience. Bark? Noooo. House trained? Suuuure. She then runs away knowing that you, the vet, will then take the time to either tackle the problems or to find a good home. You basically did the owner’s job for her. It was a pretty yuck situation she put you in by being dishonest but in the end it sounds like it worked out.</p> I agree that you’re not a failure! In fact, you gave yourself more time to find a good home than the original owner did. It sounds like she wanted to dump Skippy without having a guilty conscience. Bark? Noooo. House trained? Suuuure. She then runs away knowing that you, the vet, will then take the time to either tackle the problems or to find a good home. You basically did the owner’s job for her. It was a pretty yuck situation she put you in by being dishonest but in the end it sounds like it worked out.

]]> By: Megumi http://pawcurious.com/2009/03/true-confession/#comment-632 Megumi Fri, 27 Mar 2009 09:25:17 +0000 http://www.thevogelsangs.com/pawcurious/2009/03/true-confession/#comment-632 <p>You are the furthest thing from being a failure – you did everything (and more) that you could do and then found him, what sounds like, a great fit. It is because of what you do for a living that you were able to find him that home.</p> <p>It is so frustrating reading about the misrepresentations the old owner made to you. Had she been just honest and told you about Skippy’s true personality you could have aided her in finding that match sooner. My sister and I were told the same thing about a dog she adopted a while ago (house trained, does not bark) and it was very clear that Theresa was like Skippy. We were never able to change those habits either, like you said – it was just how she was. She too eventually found a new home (with my parents) but it was a very hard several years before she did so.</p> You are the furthest thing from being a failure – you did everything (and more) that you could do and then found him, what sounds like, a great fit. It is because of what you do for a living that you were able to find him that home.

It is so frustrating reading about the misrepresentations the old owner made to you. Had she been just honest and told you about Skippy’s true personality you could have aided her in finding that match sooner. My sister and I were told the same thing about a dog she adopted a while ago (house trained, does not bark) and it was very clear that Theresa was like Skippy. We were never able to change those habits either, like you said – it was just how she was. She too eventually found a new home (with my parents) but it was a very hard several years before she did so.

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