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Hey all. DH and I are talking about our future pet-wise and was wondering if we could have some expert input from all the wonderful and experienced petlovers we have here. I realized many of you have a variety and so may be able to help. This is our situation:
We were dog lovers way before I was a cat lover. I was temporarily staying in a different city and fell in love with my roommates cat and decided to adopt one and here we are with Calvin. We are in this city for 3 years but will most likely move. With the housing market the was it is, we opted to rent for our limited time here and at that time, since we were looking to get a dog, we had the provision for 1 dog in our lease (it is a 30 month lease). When we decided to rescue a cat, we asked our landlord for an additional pet and they agreed to that. So basically we have permission for 1 dog and 1 cat.
DH and I were talking about rescuing a dog this summer and the discussion went on to getting another cat. Since our relationship with our landlord is not as great as it used to be when we got permission for Calvin, I am not sure they will give us permission for a 3rd (which may be more than we can handle right now) and our option would be to negotiate not getting the dog and a cat instead - which , again, makes me a little sad since a dog is what we wanted for the longest time. But we also have to think about Calvin now.
A couple of things we are thinking:
1) Calvin may like a play buddy but we think he may be a little on the demanding, jealous side. He is very loving and well bahaved now and maybe getting another cat (close to his age) will change that if he does not take the new addition well
2) with a dog we can do the babygate thing so that Calvin has his privacy when he needs it. He seemed to be ok with the dog at his foster mom's place.
3) Once we buy a place in 2.5 yrs (Calvin will be 3 then), I would like to get another cat. Our ideal situation is 2 dogs and 2 cats when we have our own house.
The above rationale seems to be geared towards rescuing a dog this summer (we are looking for a larger breed) but are we being too selfish? Any inputs would be appreciated.
We were dog lovers way before I was a cat lover. I was temporarily staying in a different city and fell in love with my roommates cat and decided to adopt one and here we are with Calvin. We are in this city for 3 years but will most likely move. With the housing market the was it is, we opted to rent for our limited time here and at that time, since we were looking to get a dog, we had the provision for 1 dog in our lease (it is a 30 month lease). When we decided to rescue a cat, we asked our landlord for an additional pet and they agreed to that. So basically we have permission for 1 dog and 1 cat.
DH and I were talking about rescuing a dog this summer and the discussion went on to getting another cat. Since our relationship with our landlord is not as great as it used to be when we got permission for Calvin, I am not sure they will give us permission for a 3rd (which may be more than we can handle right now) and our option would be to negotiate not getting the dog and a cat instead - which , again, makes me a little sad since a dog is what we wanted for the longest time. But we also have to think about Calvin now.
A couple of things we are thinking:
1) Calvin may like a play buddy but we think he may be a little on the demanding, jealous side. He is very loving and well bahaved now and maybe getting another cat (close to his age) will change that if he does not take the new addition well
2) with a dog we can do the babygate thing so that Calvin has his privacy when he needs it. He seemed to be ok with the dog at his foster mom's place.
3) Once we buy a place in 2.5 yrs (Calvin will be 3 then), I would like to get another cat. Our ideal situation is 2 dogs and 2 cats when we have our own house.
The above rationale seems to be geared towards rescuing a dog this summer (we are looking for a larger breed) but are we being too selfish? Any inputs would be appreciated.