was it something I said?

The people from the Independent Animal Rescue website didn't call back. I sent them an email on Wednesday and a phone call yesterday. I think if they were going to respond, they would have by now. I've also been blown off in the past week by Second Chance Pet Adoptions (one phone message from them which I returned multiple times, and then nothing), and by a friend of a friend (just one call that time). Actually the friend of a friend sounded like it wasn't going to be a good fit, the dog was too young and sounded too energetic, but I still would have taken Thirteen to meet her if the woman would have at least called me back.

Still, the only one that really bums me out is the Independent Animal Rescue one. That dog really sounded perfect for us. Old and lazy enough to fit in with Thirteen's reduced lifestyle, but young enough that she'd probably have many good years ahead of her. Well there's no point obsessing about it. Still, I can't help but wonder why no one wants to place a dog with us. Am I sounding too weird on the phone? Am I giving off "bad owner" vibes? Or is everyone just mysteriously out of town? I guess this is how people feel when they do online personals.

It's frustrating to have finally accepted that I can find a new dog and love it without it replacing Lina, and now I'm totally ready to bring a dog home, and I think Thirteen really needs the companionship, but no one will even return my damned phone calls.

On the bright side, Thirteen seems to be calming down. She's still acting all wacky and pacey while I'm at work, but she settles down quickly when I get home and acts pretty much normal in the evenings. I'm having second thoughts about starting her on that drug tomorrow. The only really bad thing she's still doing, alas, is peeing on the kitchen floor every day while I'm at work, and every night while we're asleep. And that might be a purely physical problem which the drug wouldn't help.

I think that unless she gets worse again over the weekend I'm going to hold off on the drug until our appointment on Tuesday. No point in medicating her so severely unless she really needs it.