Wyatt

Matt and I have come to the decision that it is best for our family to find Wyatt a new home.  As good as he can be, he can also be equally as bad.  He's found a way to crawl underneath our fence even after Matt has stacked rocks and dirt.  He got out twice on Friday and the second time he got out it was just Olivia and I at home.  I cannot run after him and hop fences to catch him and it will be even worse once the baby is here.  I am worried he could run out onto Taylor Mill Rd (which is the road we live off of and it's a busy road too) and get hurt and killed.  I would feel worse if something like that happened rather than finding him a new home.  It's also hard for us to travel with having two dogs.  Anytime we want to go to Matt's mom's house we either have to take both dogs with us, or inconvenience my mom and have her stay at our house to take care of the dogs.  Again, once the baby is born we won't have any room for both dogs, two carseats, Matt and me.

So, the straw that broke the camels back was when Wyatt crawled underneath our fence couple of weeksago and ran into the horsefarm.  It took Matt 30 minutes to get him back to our house.  Matt said he was done, he didn't want to chase after him everyday and knowing that I am unable to, it is just too stressful.  Plus we don't know how he will react to a newborn. Huckleberry has been through it and has been wonderful.  He still lets Olivia sit on him and he doesn't make a sound.  Wyatt is a little grouchy.  If he's sleeping and Olivia goes to pet him, he will growl and walk away.  He's never done anything more than that, but I don't know if I can trust him around a newborn.

Two weeks ago I sent a picture of Wyatt to a man my mom works with.  His daughter in law is a vet tech and comes across situations similar to us all the time.  She contacted me last weekend telling me that she has friends that were interested in meeting Wyatt.  At first I was hesitant to even email her back...I even thought about telling her we changed our minds and were going to keep him.  But for some reason I went ahead and emailed her and told her we still had him and gave her a little information about him.  On Friday her friend's husband emailed me and gave me a little information about him and his family.  He said they were interested in meeting Wyatt and possibly providing him a new, loving home.  When I read the email I cried.  I was so upset and Olivia was so concerned for me...she was very sweet.  Friday night I was so stressed out, worried, and felt so guilty for wanting to get rid of him.  I kept thinking to myself if we could give him one more chance....I don't know how people can give their kids up for adoption....if I feel this bad about a pet I cannot imagine if it were my own child.  I forced myself to email him back and we set up a time for him and his family to come meet Wyatt.

Yesterday I felt so guilty all day.  So worried about Wyatt and how he will do in a new home.  I feel bad for Olivia with having to give up our dog and for Huck for taking his buddy away.  The family was due to come to our house today at 5 pm.  All day long I felt so bad...at 12:30 I even thought about calling them and telling them not to bother coming because I was changing my mind.  Something kept telling me to atleast meet them and decide from there.  Well, wouldn't you know at 4:45 Wyatt crawled out from our fence again.  Matt was chasing him around and my mom was trying to help as well.  It just figured...he was going to ruin this opportunity!  Between my mom, Matt, and the help of Olivia too they caught Wyatt and brought him inside.  The family arrived a little after 5 and Wyatt was the perfect dog.  They have a 2 1/2 year old daughter which Olivia and her got along really well.  As soon as they came inside the husband told us they would like to have an open relationship with us and allow us to visit Wyatt.  After talking with them for about 30 minutes we discussed coming over and having playdates with Olivia and their daughter and meeting for dinner, things like that.  I feel so comfortable handing Wyatt over to them that it feels like a huge burden has been lifted off my shoulders.  It's almost too good to be true.  They even said if we change our mind to let them know, they completely understand and they are leaving the ball in our court now.  They won't be able to pick him up until next weekend and we will be out of town.  I told them I would rather do it while we are out of town (my mom will be here) and it will make it easier on me.  I have to email them and tell them what works for my mom.  After they left we asked Olivia if it was ok that we give Wyatt to the little girl and she said "yes, I want to" and I really believe she understands what that means because when we have talked to her about it she will say "only Wyatt, Not Huck"  She definitely does not want to give up Huck!  Of course we would never do that anyway.

It's a huge blessing and I feel like if we don't take this opportunity to give him to this family we won't get another chance.  I asked them what type of fence they have, and its a full wood privacy fence that goes all the way around their yard...so there is no way he can get out!  We did tell him how he has crawled under our fence and how he growls when he is sleeping...I didn't want to mislead them on anything.  He is a good dog and I think he will fit into their family real well.  He warmed up to them quickly too....it made me cry.