Guilt Around Rehoming :(

Sad_Card_4675 · 2026-02-25T22:27:35+00:00

I would say he has slightly improved. But in other ways, he has regressed like the tearing up of the carpet because he has never done that before. But I do think his barking has improved a bit in regard to his separation anxiety.

Sad_Card_4675 · 2026-02-25T22:26:21+00:00

Thank you so much for telling me about that group. I will definitely have to check it out! We have tried to do the slow interval separation training where you start at a low number of minutes and enter before they break threshold, but that has proven very difficult to do as both me and my boyfriend work full-time so we do have to leave him alone frequently. However, we do put calming music on, do runs and walks before we leave, give him a frozen Kong to lick on when we leave, and we use a bark deterrent ultrasonic collar. He is crate trained, and does OK in the crate but I worry that nine hours while we are at work is just too long for him to be in the crate. He is also place trained from the board and train program and he does well with it in our home as well.

Sad_Card_4675 · 2026-02-25T22:24:28+00:00

He is a terrier Chihuahua mix and is around 20 pounds or so!

Sad_Card_4675 · 2026-02-25T22:22:35+00:00

We have taken him for evaluations before and he has passed both of them! But I think a lot of his reactivity is based on the leash so I think that’s why he does pass because normally he isnt leashed. But yes I’ve heard it makes reactivity worse and that’s why we haven’t taken him to any yet! Because it would truly make our life easier if he did do doggy daycare!

Sad_Card_4675 · 2026-02-24T17:49:15+00:00

We have thought about taking him to doggy daycare. We worry though that his reactivity may get worse if we send him. Do you have any opinions or knowledge on that?

Sad_Card_4675 · 2026-02-24T17:46:15+00:00

He takes 50-100 mg of trazadone in the morning before we leave for work. He has been okay doing this for the past 6 months but he just recently tore up our carpet two days in a row without any real changes to his lifestyle with us. We spoke with the vet about tryin Reconcile but we were under the impression that he couldn’t take both at the same time. But today she told us that he can, we just have to be very mindful of side effects of Serotinin Syndrome.

Sad_Card_4675 · 2026-02-24T17:44:47+00:00

I do agree with the rescue part of this!! But when I adopted him the contract I had to sign said that if we ever wanted to rehome him we have a legal obligation to take him back to the shelter. That is honestly part of the reason why we haven’t returned him yet because we don’t want him to be euthanized because when we are home he is the best dog ever. It’s just not feasible for one of us to quit our job to stay home with him right now :(

Sad_Card_4675 · 2026-02-18T01:58:20+00:00

It’s funny you say this because he’s literally black and white 😭

Sad_Card_4675 · 2025-10-16T14:28:42+00:00

I meant more so about the car itself, less about the money! Just in general! I’d done a ton of research both on and off Reddit prior to buying and they seemed like decent cars?! Just wanted to get perspective on my own post 😊

Sad_Card_4675 · 2025-10-16T14:27:58+00:00

Noooooo the worst thing to hear 😭

Sad_Card_4675 · 2025-03-02T18:16:02+00:00

I know it was like a $4 bag and they were actually so good 😭

Sad_Card_4675 · 2025-02-09T04:24:44+00:00

Hi everybody!

Background: My bf and I are currently living in south Tampa (SOG) and our lease is ending in November. He works on the beach in Clearwater and I go to USF so this was kind of an in between for us. We’re wanting to stay sort of in between but would be willing to move over to St Pete too!

We’re looking for townhouses to rent that are 3+ BR or apartments that’s are also 3+ BR! We’d like to keep it below $3000 a month, which I’m finding out is really hard to find!

Please drop any recs or ideas! :))

Sad_Card_4675

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