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Above a photo of Johnny Cash (jack russell mix).
Someone gave me this dog mid August when she was 2 months old. I had her from mid August till the end of September so when she left she was 3.5 months old. I gave her away because I just couldn't keep her.

Johnny Cash followed me around the house everywhere from day one (nearly), when her sister left (nina simone in pic) I let her sleep with me at night. She was so attatched to me that she would cry when I left the house even when my roommates were there to keep her company. I used to take her to work with me during the day also, and at the park on weekends I would let her go without a leash/lead because she always stuck near me, and would come when called.

I loved this dog. The day the people came to take her, we walked down the stairwell and even then she would pause to make sure I was behind her. I couldn't help it, I started to cry and got down near her to say good bye and she started licking my tears away. She also used to lick my legs when I got out of the shower.

I am just sick to have abandoned her. The people said she keeps trying to dig her way out of the garden (trys to go through or under their fence). I wonder if she isn't trying to come home. I wonder if she is waiting for me to come and get her.

Someone write me something concerning the adjustment and long term memory of puppies this age and breed. I am totally beside myself with guilt and regret.

Thank you,
Leah

At that age, most puppies quickly adjust to new homes. The digging out may be more just being left out in a fenced yard along with being a little older and more adventurous. I do hope her new home is a good one and she can live out the rest of her life in it.

You didn't say why you had to give her up. There could be any number of reasons, good, bad, or otherwise. It is not an ideal world. I will not question why or beat you up for it. It is clear you regret it. At least you found her a new home, and you still care for her. She will remember you for a long time.

I had a peekapoo and he was my shadow and I had to give he away, I also cried when I gave him away. It took about 3 months for me to adjust. But, I now visit him and he is adjusted fine

I had to give her away because I'm 28 and was living in rome - I've recently come back to paris. Now I'm working from home and will probably be doing a masters degree for two years from next September either in the states or in london. It would have been hard to find housing with the dog (find a roommate situation) and I didn't want to leave her alone 12 hours a day while I was in school - and I don't even know if I would have been able to come home and let her out.
Do you really think the dog will remember me in a month? I only gave her away a week ago. I think I will go back to rome in a month and I am debating if I should go and visit her. I am also having moments in which I want to call the people up and tell her I am going to take her back. I tell you, its like the dog and I were in love. I can't explain it. But I keep hoping that she will completely forget me forever.
Leah

I frequently sit puppies for other people in the dog guide program. It can be anywhere from a few hours to weeks. Sometimes the puppies have never seen me before and may not again for a few months. They are always happy to see me again when we make it to the same meeting later, paying more attention to me than to the people they haven't visited. It is also a pain keeping them and my puppy on task because they had such a great time playing together.

I gave my dog away over a year ago and whenever I visit him he knows who I am. I think it something with our smell and he will always be my friend. He is now a true lap dog to a couple that retired and love him to death they take him every where with them. It was best for him for I'm also a full time student and work full time.

Your dog will get over it I think the dog might need an ownerectomy you snip the owner free and the dog can breath

I see nothing wrong with visiting her when you are in Rome. As dogs are shuffled around different homes in the dog guide program, we occasionally have fun reunions. The school even invites the family that raised the dog to visit it and its new partner 5 months later when they are training together. Our daughter recently visited the dog they raises. Interesting he is going to the same region his old friend our puppy that graduated earlier this year. Our 14 year old Aster has done fine bonded to 3 families, the family that had her mother, us that raised her as a puppy and now provides a retirement home, and the lady that she worked for as a dog guide. She knows we all love her, and she enjoys her time with us. Aster is an extreme example, not typical at all.

Please do not thick of asking for her back if she is in a good home. She will remember you, enjoy visits, but needs to stay in her new home. She loves her new people, and they love her.

Did you give them away or what was the reason you had to let them go?