[smepperson]

Originally Posted by caw

I'm a horsewoman here in Texas. Hello, fellow horsewoman! If your choices right now are between giving your dog away, using your dad's spare car so you can get to work, letting Dad convert the basement into a temporary apartment until things get better, and yes, having to put up with his awful girlfriend for a while, or leaving your dog with Grandma for the short term. I would endure whatever unpleasantness I had to in order to keep my dog. Your father's "peevish" girlfriend would NOT have the power to decide whether I kept my dog or not. NO WAY. Your situation is temporary and I would hate it if you gave your little dog away over a situation that WILL get better. I think you ought to stay in the basement and use your dad's car. All the while looking for a better situation ASAP. If that situation expires for some reason before you can get on your feet, then leave the dog with your grandmother since she's seems willing to care for the dog awhile. Doing all this will give you some time to figure things out and get your life back on track. Life is rough sometimes, "real rough", and then the sun comes out again. Don't give your animal away. Your dog is your family and "needs" you to go out in the world and find some way for the two of you to stay together and survive whatever situations present themselves in your lives together. I really think you will suffer great regret if you give your dog away that you love so much. Good luck to you, and take care, o.k.