So this is much later than I wanted to post it but quite a few days ago I posted Part One about the challenges M and I were having with one of our dogs and how we were being forced to choose between spending $1500+ dollars to ship her back to Hawaii, relinquish her to a shelter and/or euthanize her.
So after days and days of going back and forth (and back and forth. And back and forth again) we finally decided that the right thing to do was to take the money and ship her to Hawaii.
Was it a difficult decision? Of course. I'd like to think, that unless you're a millionaire, that shipping a dog for $1500 would be quite a stretch for anyone, especially in this economy and on one income.
And so we began the paperwork and the vet visits and everything inbetween. And overall it was hard but in the midst of vet visits, the dog proceeded to bite and paw the vet tech, bite the vet, and even growl at little Miss B, which just solidified our family's decision that the dog should not be in our house and it would be best to ship her back to MIL.
So last Wednesday, we woke up in the wee hours of the morning, packed up the family and dropped off the dog at LAX. She took a 8A flight, arrived in Hawaii and is now in quarantine for the next four months with visits from MIL and the rest of M's family. And our other dog (He has been with her since he was about 8 months old), though slightly depressed, has started adjusting to life without his companion in it.
Overall, we've found complete peace in our decision, knowing that relinquishing her to a shelter wouldn't have been fair to her and would have most likely resulted in her being scared, confused and ultimately euthanized without anyone there.
So tell me, what would you have done?
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