# I can't have a dog!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-have-a-dog/552994>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [September 8, 2010, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-have-a-dog/552994 "2010-09-08T00:42:22Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2010, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-have-a-dog/552994/101 "2010-12-06T17:55:45Z")

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Oh no, I just saw this! I’m so terribly sorry, twin! What very, very sad news this is.

Now that you know how much you enjoy having a dog, you’ll probably find the opportunity to adopt another at some point. When your heart is ready, you’ll know.

Hugs to you and scritches to all the furry friends out there.

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**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2010, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-have-a-dog/552994/102 "2010-12-06T20:06:18Z")

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I’m so sorry that this happened, **Baker**. But you gave this little dog probably more love than she’d ever had (based on being dumped), and when the end came, it was obviously so fast she literally didn’t know what hit her. There are worse ways to go than just as you’re doing something you love with someone you love.

When you’re ready, get another dog. Really, it’s the only love money can buy.

StG

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**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2010, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-have-a-dog/552994/103 "2010-12-10T18:25:12Z")

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This will be my last post in this thread. I wanted to thank everyone for their expressions of sympathy.

I have decided I will get another dog. I hope to find one as small, lively, and cute as my Quickster was. Perhaps when I have found a new love, I’ll start a thread about it.

The following is a link to a letter to the editor I sent to our newspaper. I’ve had a lot of feedback on it, and two total strangers left messages of condolence on my answering machine.

> **[Letter: Sad lesson](https://www.cjonline.com/story/opinion/letters/2010/12/07/letter-sad-lesson/16481240007/)**
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> There's a reason for the city leash laws, and yesterday I found out why - in the hardest way of all. 
> While taking my miniature dachshund for a walk in Central Park, I let her slip the leash to chas…

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**Author:** ![Cheez\_Whia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d26b3c/32.png) [@Cheez\_Whia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheez_Whia)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2010, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-have-a-dog/552994/104 "2010-12-10T20:23:41Z")

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**Baker** , there is a Dachshund rescue in your area: [Coast to Coast Dachshund Rescue](http://www.petfinder.com/shelters/KS188.html). The link goes to their Kansas site.

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