impulse or planned out

[lute]

did you get your dog(s) by impulse or did you plan and get ready for the dog when you did?


we got Beanie after our yorkie died. we went looking for a new dog.

Gracie wasn't an impulse either. i wen tlooking for a dog to show.

(*Edit* i forgot. my dane pup is planned. he's comming home in August.)

[Lori Jordan]

All mine were thought of,except my Newf that was my hubby's doing i came home to a big black dog one day lol,And she has brought so much hapieness to my life and i love that girl dearly!!!Even though she drules on everything lol.

[lv4dogs]

Nanook was planned out for sure. We searched shelters & newspapers for about a year, looking for that perfect mutt!!!

Raustyk wasn't totally planned out. She was an investigation case at the shelter I volunteered at and the shelter my vet helped out. She was to be PTS as soon as the courts were over. I decided I would adopt her (special privlidges because of where I worked & volunteered for). I was not able to bring her home until almost a month later so I had plenty of time to prepare though.

Kaige was planned out, in fact the most planned out dog yet. I searched breeders of a few different breed for years. Finally decided on either an Aussie or Pointer. checked out many breeders, yadda yadda and found his breeder, checked her out & the refferences for almost another year. Then I was on her waiting list for almost a year.

[dab_20]

Molli wasn't planned, really. We didn't plan on getting another dog when we had Missy, but my friend's dog had puppies and we fell in love with them.
We got Sam in the fall when we really planned to get a dog in the spring. We lost our cocker girl in the summer and wanted another cocker. He really melted our hearts so we had to get him.

[Tollers-n-Dobes]

Tia was planned exactly, we got Jesse when she was expecting pups and decided that we would like to keep a pup. So I guess it was sort of planeed, but it's not as if we went out looking for another Dachshund.

Morgan was planned, we had wanted to get another Rottweiler since last October I think, somewhere around there anyway and in February we contacted Rottweiler Rescue and adopted Morgan. We didn't plan on a puppy though, we wanted an young adult female.

Winston was sort of planned I guess but if we were going to get a Doberman, we had wanted a female pup from a good breeder. Our friend who breeds and rescues Dobes offered Winston to us and when we met him, he seemed perfect so we decided to adopt him.

Tango wasn't really planned, we were offered a puppy from a friend of ours who had an accidental litter. I wanted a really active dog, unlike the 2 we had at the time but I was waiting for the day I could get a purebred Toller. Since these pups were mixed with Tollers and the closest thing I'd get to having one, my parents said I could have one.

[Chilli]

Frisk, Impulse. We were just looking, because I had been begging my mum and dad for a dog of my own. Once I saw him, I knew I couldn't live without him.

Ethan, Impulse. We were just at Petco to look around, and of course, we look at the dogs for adoption. He came home with us that night.

[elizabethann]

Fenway was planned. He's my first dog. I was looking for a dog and saw him on Petfinder. I have to admit it, I never realized how much work he was going to be (and he was a puppy to boot). So the night before I was to pick him up, I was running around town like a chicken with its head cut off, looking for toys, bed, food, collar, leash, snacks, poop bags, brush, sweater and God knows what else. I think I spent over $300 and when I got home I passed out. Then I went to pick him up and my whole world changed from that day on (you'd think I'd just given birth). But he's been my baby ever since and I wouldn't change a thing.

[zoomer]

Dogs I have now
Alaska was planned, we had been looking for a dog.
Georgia was planned, we were looking for another dog since my mom got rid of my dog Claire...
Buddy was impulse, I cried until I had him in my arms

RB Dogs
Claire was planned, we wanted a 2nd dog
Suzy was impulse, she didn't look too good with her old owners so we took her.

[Jessika]

Jamie was definitely impulse. I'd wanted another dog, but not in our small apartment. I was told of a red merle puppy that an old coworker of mine had that needed to be adopted out. I was not even going to mention her to HJ because I KNEW he would say no. But just for the heck of it, I did.... he did not even hesitate to say yes!! I picked her up the next day!!

Charlie was planned out, but not by me! Charlie was an early Christmas present for me one year. He had planned it all and talked it out with my parents beforehand, so it was definitely not an impulse decision!

[wolfsoul]

Total impulse! The day I got her was the day I went out and bought everything for her, that's how unplanned she was. I am definatly a planner, so it was a bit of a shock I think, but I'm glad I did it!

[Cincy'sMom]

Sadie was definately the most planned of our three. We heard about her and her littermates before our wedding. We both knew we wanted to get a dog after we got married, so after much discussion we went to visit ~ 2 weeks after our wedding. She was only 6 weeks old at that time, so we went home without her knowing 2 weeks later we would bring ohome our baby girl.

Cincy was semi-planned. We had been talking about getting Sadie a playmate, and one Saturday morning my mom called and asked if we wanted to see some lab mix puppies. We talked a bit, finally set up an appointment for the next day. We planned on leaving Cincy there 2 more weeks (she was only about 5 1/2 weeks at that time), but the puppies were left alone outide in a chicken coop, while mom was inside with the family. We ended up bring her home that day.

Spot was not planned. I had been playing around with the idea of getting a third dog, and was hoping for a male dal. Ralph wans't not there yet, and not sure he wanted three. When we heard about Spot, we had little time to talk . It was already 10 am, and if someone didn't claim him by 6 pm that night, he would be PTS. We said we would rescue him, and get him into a no-kill group here in Toledo. It was obvious very quickly however that he and the girls had other plans. He was here to stay!!

[Toby's my baby]

Boo boo was planned, our dog Allie (boo boo's older sister) was shot on accident by my older brother (he was target practicing and the bullet hit a tree then hit her) I was only about a year old, so I dont know the WHOLE story. But then my family heard that the same people they had got Alie from, had another litter, so they got Boo boo.

Maggie was a COMPLETE impulse. A lady at my school's dog Molly had a litter of puppies, and she brought them to school one day, so some of the people who had planned on getting one, could pick out the ones they wanted. She had bought something for Molly out of a magazine, and I went to go give it to her (in her office at school) and I saw the puppies there grunting and whinning on the floor and I HAD to have one. It turned out that my mom came to pick me up from school that day to bring me to a doctor's appt. so she looked at the puppy I had picked out (I had originally picked out a male, but my mom wouldn't let us get another male, beings Boo boo was territorial) so my sister brought Maggie home...ON THE BUS!! lol.

Autumn was sort of an in between. My dad is a landlord, and the people that we renting one of his houses had a dog, and we told them that they couldn't have one, so then the dog disappeared for about 2 weeks, and they said that they had DROPPED IT OFF! Then about 2 weeks later, it was back in their yard tied up. Me and my dad went over there, and told them that they could either get rid of the dog asap, and if they didn't have another home for it that we would take her and bring her to the Humane Society, OR find her a DIFFERENT home. Well, she ended up getting loose in there neighborhood, and couldn't "find" her. But me and my dad found her! And we didn't give her back either, we took her right home. The plan was to keep her for a week, nad if they found out we had her, that we would give her back, but after a week she was going straight to the HS, but she never did leave!!

[Sevaede]

Well, I have had a lot of dogs so I won't inflict you all with a barrage of tales (tails? )! But, our new Chihuahua puppy is being difficulty planned.

[Flatcoatluver]

All of my dogs are planned. No matter what we will have some kindof "sport the dogs will do" So we try to plan on what breeds will be perfect for what we want them to do. I know I will probally make a mistake in the future and see a dog in a shelter and it will be impulse!!

[WarahGirl1995]

Rupert was planned,we had gone to the dog shelter 7 or 8 times and we knew we were going to get him.
Max was an impulse ,we thought we were going to just go look at him but my family had to say yes,he is so sweet and his little brother Rupert luved him at first sight then he just fit in the family.