1-14-13 Shelby

So a few weeks ago I saw a post of facebook for a Siberian Husky looking for a new home. We had to put our husky to sleep a few weeks earlier (he was very old and it was time) and we were all miserable. I showed the post to my sister-in-law and long story short - we made contact with the woman who was trying to find this dog a home and a few hours later, we had Shelby, a 14 month old sweetheart.

In the beginning it was ok. She had a few accidents and hiccups but we figured we could work with her and things would get better. Unfortunately, they didn't. Now we are trying to find a new home for her. She really is a sweet dog but she is just too much for us.

The biggest problem is though that we do not want to see her go to the pound. There are all sorts of crazy people who gets dogs from the pound for terrible reasons (torture being one of them) and none of us wants to see that happen to Shelby. BUT at the same time, she started picking on the other dog (we adopted a 4 year old Mutt named Foxy) and the cats are totally petrified of Shelby and won't come upstairs.

What do we do? When is it just too much. I mean, we tried to give this dog a home but she gets out and runs. She jumps on the other dog and sometimes she snaps at the kids in the house. She does not listen and we had to start crating her during the day because she kept having accidents in the house but now she pees on the blanket we put in the crate with her (We wash it every night).

I feel so bad because she really can be a sweet dog but I know I can't deal with her. She is just too much for my family. I wish I could figure out what to do. I wish I knew I could take her somewhere right now and know she was in a better home that could do so much more for her than we can.

Sometimes I think my love of animals will be the death of me......