Venting. Read at your own risk.

[Krista, Angel, and Toby]

Hi.

Good lord, I am pissed. I walk everyday with Angel. Every now and then a neighbor pops out to play with Angel because she adores her. Anyway, today said neighbor was playing with Angel when she pops in with the questions: "So where'd you get her again?" "How much was she?" (I lied about the price. She's hard on her luck at the moment, so I knew she wasn't interested in getting a doodle herself, so I told her $600.00 Who cares.)

She then tells me I am a horrible person, and WHILE SHE IS PLAYING WITH ANGEL implies that I shouldn't have gotten her, that I should regret my decision not to go to the pound.

Look, I admire those who adopt. But as many doodles there are in rescue, are there any 8 week-old goldendoodle puppies? With all the testing for health? Because I wanted a puppy that I could mould from scratch, one without issues to be dealt with. Why? Because I didn't feel I had the experience to deal with the issues yet.

Regardless of what other people say, I feel I made the best decision for me and for the dog. But damn! That neighbor just pissed me the hell off! (It wasn't just the dog issue. Apparently this person has too many opinions and not enough venues to spout them, because in the time span of 20 minutes she managed to tell me that I was wrong for voting for...who I voted for, despite my valid reasons for it (not saying who, as I don't want to open THAT can of worms HERE, and that's besides the point), and tell me that as a teacher the government treats me like crap (which is true, but how rude is it to throw it in someone's face? It's like me throwing it in her face that her house is a p.o.s and she has no prospects with the degree she's acquiring.)

Ugh. I'm sorry if I sound tediously pissy here, but as much as I played the empty vending machine there, I'm releasing it here. Sorry.

[Nina, Phil, Harlow & Lacey]

Feel free to vent here. If not here, where? And as your moniker states loud and clear to anyone you are 'Momma to an Angel'! Don't be too upset, everyone has to have a neighborhood 'Gladys Kravitz', I think it's written into the convenients. =)

[Allyson, Peri & Taquito]

You are giving Angel a great home, that is what matters! I have received similar comments. Talked to an old high school friend who had rescued a puppy this weekend. He gave me hell for buying a "designer dog". To each his own. I will probably adopt my next chihuahua, but that is a different story. I wanted a good breeder for the mini goldendoodle because of the many health issues with the breeds.

[HANNAH 8/2/07 & HONEY 7/2/08]

LOL Kevin reminds of something that happened when my Brother and Sister in Law adopted 23 years ago....another neighbor who could not have kids in the their neighborhood got really pissey assed to my brother and sis in law because they adopted and were walking up the street with their new son, this one neighbor had the gall to state "How could you adopt, Why were you's picked to get him and not us?" I understood the hurt she felt not being able to have a child, but to be so self centered is above and beyond me, but yet there are still some out there who are like that and it applies with dogs as well as people.

[Kevin Poole, Penny & Ozzy]

I just had a thought, does your neighbor scoff at people who have babies of their own rather than adopting some poor orphan from a drought ridden country?

[Kevin Poole, Penny & Ozzy]

Our reason for getting an 8 week old pup from a breeder and not the pound is exactly the same as yours. And like you, I have so much admiration for people who adopt, but in that situation, you've got to be prepared for some issues, that dog is in the pound for a reason huh? Right now my wife and I want a dog we can mould ourselves, of course that doesn't guarantee no issues in the future, but you should know your dog well enough by then hopefully to handle it. Not that all adoptable dogs have issues, but you just don't know.

[HANNAH 8/2/07 & HONEY 7/2/08]

Just always need to remember one thing "Opinions are like a*******, everybody has one!" The ones we choose to listen to are what matters to us, not anyone else!

[Adrianne Matzkin]

I 2nd Andy! I have learned so much since finding DK. , Samantha, pet store. So guilty. Mickey, foster from PM and shelter. Chari, Amish PM.

Your neighbor sounds like an angry, nosey body. And without class. Asking what you paid? Certainly none of her business. I would have probably fallen into that myself and answered her the way you did. The next time someone asked I would have the answer clear in my head - 'just enough' and leave it that way.

Vent all you want. This is what family, virtual or in person, is all about!!

[Jeanie]

I personally don't think it's anyones business where anyone gets their dog. Any dog born is in need of a home, period. I think everyone has their own story and their own reasons why they got the dog they have, and I don't think choosing one over another makes any person, any better than the other. Just my opinion. Hope it helped to vent...I think I need to do the same thing, LOL!

[Krista, Angel, and Toby]

And if those pups were available in March when I made my deposit and ready for June 10th (which was another factor...that was when I'd be able to have her and not a day sooner....Angel was ready to leave almost exactly on that date.) I would have gotten one...except that Marietta, GA is more than 300 miles from SC. Whatever. My point is that at the time I needed/wanted a pup, the only option was a breeder, and the only breeder with a litter ready when I needed was Teri. I don't regret it.

[LuvMyAbby&Kaela]

Find me an ad like that in BC. I bet no such luck.