So...Roscoe is...7 months, he has a sister named Mia. Mia's mommy and I are co-workers and we are good friends outside of the office (obviously...we have matching dogs
)
Well Momma Mia (I couldn't resist) Is having issues, she has 3 dogs, and a piglet...She is now overwhelmed with her animals (and her man) and has asked me to take Mia in. As in...take over her responsibiliti
es as a pet owner...
Hm... Well, this is tough for me, since...we just got a new house...alread
y have to dogs, a goat and some chickens. Now the goat and chickens aren't as "high-maintenance" and they cost little-to-nothing to feed, so for the sake of argument...I only have 2 real pets...Roscoe and Monty...
Hubs and I, although we have plenty of room for Mia, our home is a modest 1100 sq ft. and to be honest, I'm not worried about not being able to give her attention, or love or even food...it's the "What-IF" I'm worried about...
What if more than one gets sick/injured/cancer etc...I don't know if I can afford to pay for 2 English Mastiff-sized surgeries... I know it's a total reach, and I'm probably being paranoid...
BUT, a couple years ago, Monty swallowed a tennis ball and after a few grand to get it out...a week later, our Pitbull Oreo got bladder stones and after several hundred, the vet couldn't gurantee he would even live through surgery
And ever since then, it haunts me that I could've, should've saved him...
Another thing is...they've been brought-up and trained differently, and their personalities are soooo different. Roscoe is an obnoxious, disgusting boy who eats goat poop...and will bark at a butterfly- but he's confident, semi-independent and gets along well with the other animals in the house. He runs around the yard all day with Elvis and Monty.
Mia on the other hand, is...not an outdoorsy type of girl. She is crated for about...8-10 hours while her mom is at work, and then played with for a few hours, and back into the crate to sleep. She doesn't seem to mind since that's all she knows. But, I worry-what if she's in the yard with the boys, freaks out and digs under the fence, runs away, gets hit by a car, etc. She's SUPER timid, neurotic even... She doesn't even like to get dirty...very quiet, and scared to do anything "out of line"
So... My question is...what do I do??? Tell me what to do!
Mia's mom said we could have a trial period with her, and if it doesn't work out...then...w
e give her back. But I couldn't do that to the girl...
(sorry, I told you it was long!)
Here is their last outing...
Mia at 6 months
Mia
Mia on the left, Roscoe on the Right
These are when they were around...3 months...
Mia and Monty
Roscoe and Mia