Waiting Sucks

Waiting has never been so hard! Ok, I lie. Waiting for Freya was torture as well. But this waiting is just as bad. At least  with Freya I knew I was getting a puppy and it was just a matter of...well waiting four or five months.

At this stage, I don't really know what's going to happen. That's the worst I think. I did get an email back from Graham asking if I would be at the workshop next Tuesday and if I was we could talk about it then. I am going to be at the workshop on Tuesday. Which means just a couple more days of waiting before we discuss everything and see what we can do. But, I don't know what he's going to say. He could ask me to wait until June or say that there's an older puppy that'll be ready in February. I've never liked the feeling of uncertainty and it's even less fun when you have to wait for something like this!

I'll just have to wait until Tuesday I guess to really see what's going on. Fingers crossed that I can get a puppy in March.

The Fight Begins

So, if you say my "Mostly Wordless Wednesday" yesterday you know that I have basically been away from Guide Dogs for a month and have gone almost a month without a dog or at least a pet. And I have to tell you, there is such fire in my heart and stomach that I can only describe the feeling as complete and utter HATRED. I mean it. I absolutely hate not having an animal around. I just don't feel...complete?...right?...sane? Anyway, if you read my other blog you will have noticed that I tried buying a stuffed cat to supplement the "no animal" thing. It's ok except, well, you know, my cat doesn't move. And so my fight is about to begin.

I would really love to puppy raise (which they call being a Puppy Walker) for the UK branch of Guide Dogs for the Blind. I thought I could stay away during the semesters of school and raise during the summer, but I was horribly mistaken. So I, with the help of my fabulous leader Mary, looked up GDB in the UK. They still use German Shepherds and I would love to raise one! They also use Border Collies occasionally and I think it would be very cool to raise one of those. But first comes the problem of my rooming.

I don't quite live in the dorms. I do live in University Accommodations, but it's not run exactly by the University. I can't quite describe it, but there is a part in my lease that says "no pets". Which brings me to the loophole. It didn't say "no animals" it just said "no pets". If I were to raise a puppy here he/she (though as you all know I am partial to females) would not be classified as a pet but a service dog in training. I don't know how far this is going to get me, but I'm going to try very hard to make this happen if not this semester then next. I'd ask for an older dog, probably with some problem because I love to have the "troubled child." Freya was a troubled child for a long time and Rocco was too for quite a while, so I'm just use to it. We'll see how everything goes, but wish me luck!