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.

[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.

[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.

[critter crazy]

All of my critters were impulses!! except for the horses and chickens, we had thought about those for quite some time! but everything else was pretty much an impulse, most of my critters have found me!

[k9krazee]

Shadow, Micki, Mini, Kyra - Impulse

Kyra - planned

[sammy101]

Kodie was sort of planned,we wanted another dog and fell in love with him.
Lucy was an Impulse.We fell in love with her when we went to Petsmart and theyh ad adoptions that day.

[lute]

Kyra - planned

??? why is this a bad thing?

[Muddy4paws]

Well my mum and dad gave us a choice when our RB Mutt died, It was either a holiday or another dog.. So needless to say we got our Lab Meg because we had always been used to having two dogs in the house, We got her from what you would call a BYB because we tried a rescue for dogs and they didnt put thenselves out to help us so we found a dog another way, Meg was ill when we got her but it was unknown to us and the breeder and the vet said its was a one off chance that she got it and that it wasnt a problem with the litter...
We did get in touch with the breeder who offered to take her back and give us a refund or another pup but we couldnt part with her! We was also told she wouldn't live that long past being a puppy but shes 8 now and hopefully ( Touch wood! ) has got many years to go yet


My jack russell was definatly an impulse buy, We found an add on the internet for a jack russell puppy and before I knew it my mum and dad was in the car on the way to pick her up, She was the last of the litter because a lady had turned her down for being "ugly" . We didnt get to see her dad but we saw her mum who was a wired haired JR who she turned out to look nothing like! We definalty think shes part corgi though shes not 100% JR
thats for sure.

[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!

[BitsyNaceyDog]

Bitsy was planned. We got her 2 days before our wedding as our wedding gift to eachother.

Charlie was planned. We knew we wanted a second dog, but didn't have a specific breed in mind. I had been checking the pound for only a couple weeks before I found Charlie. (Though we actually didn't find him at the pound.) My friend knew someone who was 'fostering' her daughters min pin and rehoming him. My friend told me about him, we met him and he came home with us.

Buster was not planned at all. He was in an abusive home and was given to my boss and me to rehome (I worked at a kennel). Buster had a lot of issues and needed a lot of special care and TLC. Justin and I decided he should be with us.

Nacey was semi-planned, not really though. We were fostering her and she was homed with a couple. Justin and I hated giving her up and wanted her back. We said if for whatever reason she didn't work out we wanted her back, permanently. Several weeks later we got a call saying if we still wanted her she was ours.

Nova wasn't planned at all either. She showed up at our door one day (thanksgiving day 2004). We searched for her owners for over a month before finding them. They had no interest in getting Nova back. For about another month we were fostering her and after several interviews with potential homes we decided she belonged with us. Nacey and she were bonded so tightly we couldn't separate them.

Jake was also semi-planned, but not really. Justin and I have been talking about adding a larger dog to our family, but had no intention of doing it so soon. Jake is an amazing dog and although the timing isn't perfect we couldn't let him go.