Purple and Paws My dream has always been to adopt a whole bunch of dogs. Ideally older dogs, seniors, who aren’t adopted as much. I fantasized about having four, possibly even five dogs.
But I’m not sure it’s going to happen while Socks is alive.
He has jealousy issues and it worries me.
When my sister’s dog visits, Socks is okay with her most of the time. But if I try to play with both of them, that’s when the issues start. Aka, Socks being a jealous jerk. He’s attacked her multiple times (never seriously enough to hurt but it’s always scary as hell).
Then, a few weeks ago, I dog sat my best friend’s dog, another male. He stayed with us for ten days. Socks attacked him on the first day and a few days later (again, both situations involved me).
I know that adopting another dog is a totally different thing from having a dog stay with us temporarily. But Socks doesn’t know the difference. For all he knew, my sister’s dog was going to be with us permanently. Or my best friend’s dog was going to be with us permanently.
I don’t want to have to constantly be running interference when I adopt a new dog and worry about the two fighting.
So I’m leaning towards maybe just letting Socks be my only dog until he passes. He is almost ten and most likely I only have a few more years left with him.
But who knows. If my financial situation improves and I find a dog who might be a good fit for both me and Socks, it’s entirely possible I could add another fur baby to the mix.