I've been somewhat hesitant to post about this. I've been very affected by Ozzy having to be rehomed. Being a smoothie named Oz, hits a lil' too close to home. I’m reminded of him every time I look in the eyes of my Oz and I can't imagine how he'd be able to handle it. I also hope that my talking about how wonderful my Oz is, didn't contribute in any way to unrealistic expectations and a hasty, ill thought out decision by you. If so, I’m sorry for that.

As sad as I feel for Ozzy though, I do recognize that we’re all human and none us make it through this life without making mistakes. The key is to learn from them and to learn about ourselves, so we can hopefully make better future decisions. So I find it hard to be judgmental towards you, because “for the grace of god go I”. I took a huge risk when I got my Oz, when Murph and Maddie were 11+ years old. I had everybody telling me it was the wrong thing to do, yet it felt right to me, so I went with it. I got extremely lucky, if I’d gotten a dog with any other kind of personality than Oz’s, I could easily see him having to be rehomed. That’s why I was so paranoid and picky about what breed I chose and why I got a puppy. I wanted to make my odds go up, but it still could have backfired on me big time. I would have never rehomed either M&M, so even with as much as I loved Oz, if he would have made life miserable for them or hurt them, I would have had to find him a more appropriate home. But much to the surprise of my friends and family, even Maddie seemed to like him, more so than she did Murph even. Big bullet dodged for me.

Hopefully as you move forward from this, you’ve learned more about what’s right for you; to think out the negative consequences of every decision you make; and to take responsibility and handle with grace the fallout of those consequences.

Anyway, I hope you’ll stick around and I’m especially glad to hear Ozzy has found a new home and hope that he’ll be happy there.

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