Amber & Me

I shouldn't really been doing this, but I wanted to post a pic of Amber and me, when we had her. This pic was taken in April of this year. I really miss her, and part of me does regret that we found her a new home. I know she's not far and I know she went to great people. But I miss all those happy and fun times we had with her. I know hubby & I made the right decision as we both felt we couldn't cope with her, as the stress was just taking over. It may be because we had a bad start off with her, as she was ill that caused us to worry so much. Other people don't seem or at least to us, don't seem to worry so much about their pets, may be it's just that we found it hard to fit into the routine with Amber? But Amber completely turned our lives upside down. I regret that I didn't look into it more than I did, all I thought of was that 'I' wanted a puppy. Hubby didn't but he still got her for me. We often say, may be if we never had had a bad start off with her, we may have kept her? But we can't keep saying what if? After all we made our decision.

The thing I miss the most is the walks with her, Joe misses her loads and I was angry with myself for a while for breaking his heart. I still am angry at times. I'm also angry that we put Amber through that of having to go to a new home. I know on the day she left she loved the new owner she was going to, and was so excited he was taking her out. We were supposed to keep her when we got her, but we tried really hard.

I don't know why I'm saying all this? I just felt like writing it down.

Basically if 'you're' looking for a puppy, don't do what I did. Make sure that 'everyone' in the family wants one first. If you've had children, then you'll know what it's like to be looking after a little one 24/7. It is HARD WORK, it's not all about fluffy little puppies running around. There's vet bills, and not to mention the extra cost of having to feed the puppy and getting every thing he/she needs. Puppies need a lot of attention, love and care. Don't be ignorant to these facts like I was. I come under the category of those irresponsible people who get puppies and think it'll all be easy! It's not!!! Although I did loads of research before we got her, I obviously didn't do enough and I went in with my eyes closed and focused too much on the negative.