{"id":313,"date":"2009-01-30T08:56:17","date_gmt":"2009-01-30T14:56:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.familyofgoldsteins.com\/?p=313"},"modified":"2009-01-30T08:56:17","modified_gmt":"2009-01-30T14:56:17","slug":"pushing-a-boulder-uphill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.familyofgoldsteins.com\/?p=313","title":{"rendered":"Pushing a boulder uphill…"},"content":{"rendered":"

I am not going to recount the entire story. If you want to read about it, check out <\/font>Victoria’s blog post on the topic.<\/font><\/a> <\/font><\/p>\n

I am so incredibly tired of this. I am upset, exasperated, frustrated, angry, sad… I think that covers it. <\/font><\/p>\n

So, when we brought Atley to the shelter on Wednesday. They told us that they were skeptical of the vet’s assessment of the dog. If so, WHY ADOPT HIM OUT?!?!?<\/font><\/p>\n

Am I crazy? I am nuts in thinking that this should be the responsibility of the shelter to take care of. If I were browsing the shelter and saw Atley in a penn and there was a sign that said "broken leg, raising money, not ready to be adopted", I would have said "oh, too bad, he’s cute" and been on my way. <\/font><\/p>\n

So they were skeptical but let us take him anyway?!? How irresponsible! I understand what they are doing there. They have a huge job. They work with lots and lots of dogs. They are a non-profit. I get it… but still… come on. <\/font><\/p>\n

The director over at the shelter is going to be talking to a vet that they have a good relationship with to see if he can do the surgery at a reduced rate. Still though, I don’t know what line is on how much I am willing to spend on a dog that I got a week ago. I am certainly not willing to empty my savings account. The emotional side of me is. The logical side is defiantly not. <\/font><\/p>\n

We are taking Atley to the vet where Allison works today. She was able to get us a "free first visit" coupon (thank you!!). I want to see what they say about his leg too… although, I think that if the surgery was $500-$600 at a non-profit, it will probably be WAY higher at a traditional vet’s office. <\/font><\/p>\n

I wish I could be more optimistic in this but, I really can’t see the half full side. <\/font><\/p>\n

Also contributing to me feeling absolutely horrible today, I have to go to Alabama next week for work. I have to say that after being away ALL last week I am in no way shape or form looking forward to this. I am also not nearly as confident in my skills as I would like to be for something like this, but… oh well. I am hoping that I will be able to finish up early and come home ahead of schedule. <\/font><\/p>\n

I really hope SOMETHING good happens today… at this rate, all I want to do is go back to sleep. <\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I am not going to recount the entire story. If you want to read about it, check out Victoria’s blog post on the topic. I am so incredibly tired of this. I am upset, exasperated, frustrated, angry, sad… I think that covers it. So, when we brought Atley to the shelter on Wednesday. They told […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-313","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.familyofgoldsteins.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/313","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.familyofgoldsteins.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.familyofgoldsteins.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.familyofgoldsteins.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.familyofgoldsteins.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=313"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.familyofgoldsteins.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/313\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.familyofgoldsteins.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=313"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.familyofgoldsteins.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=313"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.familyofgoldsteins.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=313"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}