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WILTBAP Episode 3 - Pets What its like to be a parent
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- Kids & Family
This episode is being released really late, and I apologize for that. I have been in the middle of gaining a stray pet and having to give up that said pet, changing day-cares, and a lot of family needs.
However that stray pet, dog, was a blessing and a hassle, and in this episode that is kind of what I'm trying to go over. Gaining a pet is a lot like gaining a new child. There is more time needed and more care needed to give. Especially if that new pet is either a puppy or a kitten or something that you have to train to use the potty. We are currently in the middle of potty training our little one and that has been a hassle. To add training a dog? Wow that was hard. The little one wanted to help clean up the accidents, but she would pick it up with her bare hands and that made it even more stressful on us. It was too much for us as a family to handle. For others they would think its just fine, yet we weren't ready to add a new pet. We currently have 2 cats, and to add a puppy wasn't in the cards for us.
This was something that I personally struggled with. We ended up giving the puppy up for adoption and I for some reason didn't agree with that. I felt like we were giving up on the dog. I persoanly felt like we threw in the towel and my pride was having an issue with the idea that we "gave up". However, after talking with my own mother and wife, they assured me that it was for the better of us and the dog. That it was compared to those that put their babies up for adoption. That it was for the better care of the dog/child/cat/pet to give it up for adoption if and when you decide that it is for the better. For me and my wife, my hour travel time home, 2 cats litter boxes, a 2 year old potty training, working full time, and a new dog that gave the cats a rough time. It was time for us to let her go to a better home, because close to 12 hours in a crate (we didn't want any accident in the apartment we rent) it was too long of a time to stay locked up.
There is good news though. Withing hours of dropping the dog off at the county humane center, we found out she was adopted. Yeah, that's right within hours and had a list of people that wanted her.
In conclusion, I personally now am OK with putting up for adoption as long as I know the child/cat/dog is going to a good home. But you must first try your hardest to make it work.
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This episode is being released really late, and I apologize for that. I have been in the middle of gaining a stray pet and having to give up that said pet, changing day-cares, and a lot of family needs.
However that stray pet, dog, was a blessing and a hassle, and in this episode that is kind of what I'm trying to go over. Gaining a pet is a lot like gaining a new child. There is more time needed and more care needed to give. Especially if that new pet is either a puppy or a kitten or something that you have to train to use the potty. We are currently in the middle of potty training our little one and that has been a hassle. To add training a dog? Wow that was hard. The little one wanted to help clean up the accidents, but she would pick it up with her bare hands and that made it even more stressful on us. It was too much for us as a family to handle. For others they would think its just fine, yet we weren't ready to add a new pet. We currently have 2 cats, and to add a puppy wasn't in the cards for us.
This was something that I personally struggled with. We ended up giving the puppy up for adoption and I for some reason didn't agree with that. I felt like we were giving up on the dog. I persoanly felt like we threw in the towel and my pride was having an issue with the idea that we "gave up". However, after talking with my own mother and wife, they assured me that it was for the better of us and the dog. That it was compared to those that put their babies up for adoption. That it was for the better care of the dog/child/cat/pet to give it up for adoption if and when you decide that it is for the better. For me and my wife, my hour travel time home, 2 cats litter boxes, a 2 year old potty training, working full time, and a new dog that gave the cats a rough time. It was time for us to let her go to a better home, because close to 12 hours in a crate (we didn't want any accident in the apartment we rent) it was too long of a time to stay locked up.
There is good news though. Withing hours of dropping the dog off at the county humane center, we found out she was adopted. Yeah, that's right within hours and had a list of people that wanted her.
In conclusion, I personally now am OK with putting up for adoption as long as I know the child/cat/dog is going to a good home. But you must first try your hardest to make it work.
_____________________________
Don't forget to follow me at:
Twitch.tv/TheMekkaMan
Facebook.com/TheMekkaMan
Twitter.com/TheMekkaMan
Instagram.com/TheMekkaMan
Mixer.com/TheMekkaMan
YouTube.com/TheMekkaMan
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