About Finn

I am devastated to have to be posting this, but we have had to come to terms with the fact that we are not giving our boy, Finn, the best chance at a happy, successful doggie life. He is the most loyal, loving, funny, mischievous, snuggly boy, but recent changes in lifestyle have made him anxious and frustrated to the extent that we have to admit that ours is not the right home and lifestyle for him. When I got Finn, I was a single mom with kids at home who could assist in giving Finn the exercise and entertainment he needed, and I lived close enough to work to go home at lunch every day and give him a good run at the dog park in my apartment complex. But I got married last year and my kids are now in college, and my husband and I bought a house much farther away from work, so I leave earlier and get home later due to commute, AND I am unable to come home and give him that extra run every day -- and it's made all the difference in the worst possible way. It has made Finn anxious and frustrated, and walking him miles before and after work is not enough to exercise him like he needs, so he resorts to destroying things in the house - only my husband's things, by the way - every time I leave. So when we ARE home, Finn is in trouble all. the. time., and it's not fair to him. Finn is the funniest dog I've ever had, and the most spirited -- far more so than my previous IT. He just wants to be with his people 24/7 and protect them, and play with them, and run around the yard with them. He smiles at you when you come home, he talks to you - especially if it's 6:00 p.m. and his food bowl is empty. He LOVES to snuggle on the couch with his family at the end of the day. As far as getting along with other creatures, he is happy to be approached by little kids and will sit and let them pet him, but has never LIVED with a small child, so cannot vouch for how he does in that situation. We had a dog-tolerant cat when we first got him, and he LOVED it; maybe a little too much. (They had kind of an S&M relationship!) Finn loves dogs smaller than he is, but he shows leash aggression towards bigger dogs. (He's fine with them at a dog park.) He is crate trained and tolerates baths. This is the hardest decision I have had to make in a very long time, but I just have to admit that I am failing Finn and not giving him the right environment for him to be happy. But short of quitting my job (not an option), I have tried oh so hard to make ours a happy home for him. It's not working. :-( EDIT!!!! Finn is 3 years 5 months old and is an indoor/house-mannered dog. Who counter surfs. And thinks everything is his. ;-)

DeKalb County
TUCKER, Georgia