pondering a pup

*terrible

I think she is trouble, too, but not the good kind.

LL emailed tonight, after we spent the whole day with neko, and totally reneged: the whole process has just proved "too stressful" and is now adversely affecting her "health".

so now we are moving and the new-house hunt begins tomorrow.

oh ffs

i'm so sorry

yeah it was pretty devastating, not gonna lie - i cried pretty hard for about 2 hours, then ytth came to the rescue with a plan, so i'm feeling better. i guess we always knew she might do this, but after she said 'yes' we figured it was a done deal, just a matter of her getting organized and actually getting us the lease to sign.

Best of luck on finding just the right place quickly for you guys and lovely Neko. I'm sorry it came down to it.

Ugh, I'm so sorry. Hopefully you can find something quickly! <3

basil met my almost seven week old niece today and she adored her! i was so proud! she was on her best behavior and was calm and relaxed and gentle around her :)

Any developments, j?

My coworker impulse bought a boxer puppy this weekend. I have kind of been quietly judging her because i spent MY Saturday volunteering at a doggie adoption event, hanging with four perfectly adorable mixed breed puppies while she dropped $750 on an unregistered pup. Am i just hating because i originally wanted a boxer and am jealous of her adorable dog that everyone at work will inevitably obsess over and love more than basil? Or am i justified in thinking it is dumb to buy a puppy? Btw i love my basil and wouldn't trade her, quirks and all!

i think your hate is well-placed

totally well placed

i try not to be THAT guy (at least not in front of ppl) but i really find adopting from breeders totally objectionable, when there are a) so many dogs that need homes and b) many breed-specific rescue groups.

boxers are totally ugly imo and i'm glad you got basil instead, she is the cutest of them all.

we are still looking for a place - we found something perfect but missed out, saw two great places over the weekend but pretty sure we're not getting either of them. but the good news is that, having found out our predicament, ytth's boss has offered to front the difference for a 20% down payment if we decide to buy, which has opened up another option for us.

also: impulse-buying a $750 dog says a lot (of really bad things) about a person's ability to take of another creature imo

Right! I know they'd been pondering a pup but this was definitely a spur of the moment thing. Not to mention her husband is currently not working. I don't even know where this money is coming from and am beginning to suspect she makes a lot more than i do which just makes me even more of a hater (we are same level on org). And yeah there are like five different boxer specific rescues on this area (I know cause i checked them all out last winter!)

ytth's boss sounds incredible!!! Omg i want to with for him!

Every time i see a husky mix now i think of you guys and i want it to work out so badly!

http://i44.tinypic.com/2qb7pzr.jpg

Oops sideways. Anyway...four of these little guys = my saturday afternoon. So adorable.

yeah his boss is just like... weirdly awesome. he just got a bunch more vacation days bc boss is all "if x is the standard/average number of vacation days in this industry, then i think we should be way above that".

puppies!!!!!!!!!!

up all night to pet

we are getting close... fingers crossed! found a place, stand-alone house - it's really cute, and has some nice little quirky features/lots of character BUT it's not the greatest location for us and it's pretty small. we've had our application approved so now we just need to decide. gonna go back for one more look on thursday but i think we're gonna take it. neko could be with us in less than 3 weeks!

Oooooh!!!!

lmao basil is hungover from her weekend adventures and i forgot that we had an appt with her trainer. She pretty much slept through the whole thing! What a waste of $$$$ :(

Sorry but that is kind awww-lol

We are waiting to hear about a place we looked at today - it's a mile from my work so I could take her every day and she'd never have to be home alone. Fingers crossed!

it's not ~official~ ie we haven't actually signed the lease but... the place is ours as of saturday!!!!!!!!!!!

So excited for you and lovely neko!!!

Hooray!! OMG, so happy for you all!

that's awesome!

(also i hope jerks move into your current place)

apparently poor basil was more than just tired :( she has barely moved our eaten since Monday night. Seems she is having some neck pain. Too much fun? We went to the vet and now she gets a weekend of muscle relaxers and anti-inflammatories. She looks so sad but hopefully the drugs and rest will help her feel better soon.

Oh no ;_;

Get better, Basil! <3

I think she is starting to feel better already :) i probably would too on those drugs!

She has emerged from her crate/bed and is playing with a toy AND she ate dinner :)

i feel a kinship

Happy neko day, j&j!!!!

where are the updates!!!!

omg what a day

our impatience was our downfall

today was official moving day, i.e. actual movers coming so we could spend our first night in our new house tonight

so of course without a second thought we knew we'd be picking up neko today.

i spent several hours walking her, first bc she was bored and antsy and acting REALLY aggressive/dominant towards me while we waited at the new place for ytth/the movers, then again bc we needed to be out of the way when they arrived.

our little front yard is dark bark chips and i soon realized that it is FULL, just FULL of various types of animal shit, which neko just LOVES to eat. so fucking gross.

she did some weird stuff but i guess it's just anxiety over a new environment, and about 3 hours ago, once we stopped unpacking, she just chilled right out and has been snuggled on the couch with us.

still have yet to hear her bark/howl/talk.

Awww, she'll be ok once she settles in and realizes how awesome her new life us!

*is

this is very happy news and you'll get accustomed to a dismaying filthy trick every now and then, it's a small price. i'm glad she has gone to live with such top notch people. <3

estela I might have to start a special neko thread just for you bbc I've been posting so many updates and pics but mookz and tza have seen them already!

she took a big dump inside the workshop today and found a dead mouse in a trap

I love these updates!

The first time i took basil for a work visit she puked on the doormat :)

i want a dog

our office manager fosters dogs and there were a couple she brought in i wanted to take home but i decided not to. they were puggle/german shepherd mix. normally i would not be interested in anything with any pug in it but they were only pug colored with curly tails. they had normal noses and more german shepherd-like proportions. they're going to be big dogs, not useless tiny dogs. they slept under my desk at work and farted a lot.

omg pugs are the WORST farters!!

you should definitely get a dog, harbl!

i want a dog

can't believe you are dissing your kitty like this

unless the dog is harry

Harry, Basil, and Neko are all such excellent dogs. I spent my free moments at work yesterday looking longingly at beautiful dogs on petfinder, plotting our post-cat existence.

oh no post-cat? i'm sorry

Well, we're not post-cat yet. But I do think about the cat-free future more than I probably should.

Soon we will have enough of a pack for a dogs of sandbox calendar

i love my cat so much. i really can't get a dog though. i'm already late for work all the time due to commute. my cat poops in a box.

can i just say that having a dog is hard hard hard work

i went into this knowing that huskies in particular are hard work (so fucking stubborn! also crazy!) but we got one of the "chill" ones and she is STILL fucking hard work!!!! i spend all day at work either praising her for doing the right thing or "UH-UH!!"-ing her for being naughty. she eats anything on the ground (except not actual things like books or shoes, just anything that is rubbish, like bits of paper, scraps of fabric, other animals' shit) and i live in a constant state that she is going to be sick or choke.

but i love her to bits and she is the cutest <3