Sustainable Mommy

Yesterday was one of the most sad and upsetting days that Eric and I have experienced in a very long time. Around 7:45, when Eric was getting ready to leave, Eddie acted protective of me as always and growled at Eric. Eric wasn't going to let Eddie get away with it, and went to reprimand him. Eddie bit Eric's finger very badly and after a very bad fight with the dog, we went to PromptCare where Eric got four stitches. Right now, Eddie is back at the Humane Society and I miss him so much it hurts. We wanted to keep him. He is the sweetest dog most of the time, and the cuddliest dog you will ever know. But he has a mean streak in him and we just couldn't keep getting bitten. That was the second time Eddie bit Eric, and he bit me once. Eric took him back while I was at work. I didn't get to say goodbye and I think that it would have been worse if I had. My last memory of him is seeing him in the crate looking like he knew he did something wrong. The lady at the Humane Society said that they are going to quarantine him for 10 days and then try to adopt him out again. When we walked back into the house last night, it was so quiet and Eric and I just started crying. The blanket that he always crawled under is over on the floor, and it's just so quiet in here. There's no little nails hitting the floor and no toys anywhere. Eric took his toys with him and left them at the Humane Society. The thing that makes me so upset is that he probably has no idea why he is there and it breaks my heart. He doesn't remember biting Eric, and he never will, but he knows that he's not with us, and I hope he knows that we really did not want to give him up but that we had to. I am so sad that the first dog I ever had, we had to give up. We'll get another dog sometime once we're in the new house and we have a fence up, but I'll never forget Eddie. He was so sweet and I loved walking in the door when I got home from work and have him greet me. He was so happy and so sweet that it all just breaks my heart.

On a few other sligtly happy notes, we now have a second floor to our house. I will post pictures later.