i adopted a dog in May, a really special dog i already knew and loved. last year Becky got a French bulldog pup from a breeder, which turned out to have a severe heart valve defect which was tipped to kill him within a year. so with a heavy heart she returned him to the breeder. it broke my heart because i loved that little fucker to pieces...i told her that if it was my decision i'd keep him and if i only had 6 months with him i'd be grateful for that time, but it wasn't my $4000. yes, they really are that expensive. so after he went back to the breeder he was adopted out to a family in NC, but they couldn't keep him. he can't be neutered because anesthesia would probably kill him and thus there were irresolvable conflicts with their two pre-existing dogs, so the poor baby needed to be rehomed. the breeder contacted Becky and asked if she could take him or knew someone who could. she couldn't because she has two dogs already (including the Frenchie she finally adopted who's healthy...the breed has been severely over-bred and birth defects of one kind or another are heartbreakingly common) but she knew i loved him and arranged for me to get him. i drove down to southern VA to meet the owner halfway; when she pulled up and rolled down the back window of her RAV4 he climbed out the window straight into my arms. he totally remembered me and his old name from when Becky had him, and it's been a doggo love-fest ever since. he's a challenge sometimes as you might expect from an intact male dog, but we're doing training classes and he's really coming along.
and my psychiatrist got me on a new antidepressant that actually makes me feel much less depressed, and a mood stabilizer that actually stabilizes my moods. i feel like i'm on a relatively even keel for the first time since the late 80s when everything went wrong in my world. [redacted]
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i'm resonably happy with muself and my life, remarkably enough. i'm going to quit dating for awhile and concentrate on getting myself in order. i started doing this during the recent relationship and plan on continuing till i'm in good enough shape that i can do hard things.
this is Gizmo the dog. share my happiness.
- just look at that face!
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- and he's pedalboard-friendly! or at least pedalboard-adjacent LOL.
(this thread needs more traffic.)
