If we take him we will keep him even if he is never potty trained. We will have to learn ways to handle that. That is one reason I am really thinking this through. I know that he may never be potty trained. It will be difficult to deal with that if it is the case, but he will stay. We have all tile and wood floors with no carpet, so that makes cleaning up after him easier. And with him being an older dog I assume he has less than 5 years left. So on one hand this is a relatively short term pet, so problems from taking him are somewhat limited. On the other hand he is older, so we know we are going to loose him in a relatively short time. We are taking in a dog that we know we are going to loose. We will be opening ourselves up for heartache.
I do not think he is crate trained. I have seen him once, and he was very sweet and calm. He was not yappy, and he was very happy sitting with us. He was content in my lap, or beside me, or with my daughter. He seemed pretty obedient, but it was too short a time to really tell. We were with a friend when she visited this lady. I did not even know about the dog's situation until later.
Things I know about the dog. He is small, white, fluffy, and very sweet. He is 14. He has not been nuetered. He is not fully house trained. (I do not know if that is becuase of marking or he is not taken out enough. The house had a slight odor, but not real bad. I have been in houses that have a real bad issue with potty training.) He is currently healthy. If we do not take him, he will be put down.
There is no one else willing to take in an older, non-nuetered, not housetrained dog. We are probably going to take him, but I just want to make sure we think it through. We have a little time to figure it out. |