I have customers who have legal joint custody of their two labs. It seems to work out well for both of them, and the dogs.
I think divorcing with pets is a lot like divorcing with kids - it depends on the level of maturity of the adults involved. Pets, like kids, can be used as pawns in an immature battle. Or they can be loved and shared by two mature adults who simply decided to go their separate ways.
When my ex and I split up, I took the dog and the kid. He got his own dogs ... and sees our son whenever he wants. Things are fine.
"We give dogs the time we can spare, the space we can spare and the love we can spare. And in return, dogs give us their all. It's the best deal man has ever made" - M. Facklam
"We are raised to honor all the wrong explorers and discoverers - thieves planting flags, murderers carrying crosses. Let us at last praise the colonizers of dreams."- P.S. Beagle
"All that is gold does not glitter, Not all those who wander are lost; The old that is strong does not wither, Deep roots are not reached by the frost. From the ashes a fire shall be woken, A light from the shadows shall spring; Renewed shall be blade that was broken, The crownless again shall be king." - J.R.R. Tolkien
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