Some of you may know that three years ago, we got our sweet little dog Bailey. I was never much of a dog person, but Bailey quickly changed my mind. She is smart, obedient, doesn't shed, and is the greatest dog ever! We love her!
Well, weloved Bailey so much, we thought to ourselves, "Bailey needs a friend, she's lonely" (we should've just had a baby! Babies are WAAAAAAY more fun, and so far, less trouble)
Anyhow, that led us to Mikey, one of the biggest mistakes Ryan and I have ever made. Mikey is a purebred English Bulldog, and was the cutest little tyke we ever laid eyes on, the moment we saw him, true love- he was so stinkin' cute! So, we ponied up WAY too much dough (there goes my five year anniversary trip to Europe!) and we purchased this lil' guy- he was six weeks old (awwww...)
Yes, we taught him to ride a skateboard- he was pretty good- no Tyson, but he was on his way
Well, the honeymoon quickly ended...
He ate all of our furniture! Seriously, our beautiful area rug, chewed and peed on, he ate three out of six of our dining room chairs, and he chewed our dvd wooden armoire holder. We had to put down wood floors because he destroyed our carpet, we re-did our backyard, he chewed through the fence and ripped out the grass. Supposedly, English Bulldogs are supposed to be really good with kids, he would torture our sweet little Bailey to death! Bailey would be laying on her bed oh so sweetly, he'd come over and bite her on the face, the ears. He would try to eat Bailey's food. We did EVERYTHING we could, and we finally found a family to just take him off our hands. They tried to give him back! They now found a family to take him off thier hands... he could be on his fifth home by now. I do feel a little guilt, him getting passed around that way, but I truly feel worse that he cause THOUSANDS of dollars worth of damage to our lives. Oh, to think what we could do with that money... A new four wheeler perhaps? Europe for our anniversary? Add to Hailyn's collge fund. A few lessons I learned from this experience: the best things in life truly are free (Bailey:) and the second lesson is- looks truly can be decieving- Mikey was a wolf in sheep skin- the devil incognito! The only comfort I get is knowing that one, my house is in better order (although I do desperatly need new furniture now- really badly!) and Mikey is no longer torturing our lives. We still have Bailey and love her- and Bailey certainly loves Hailyn- a much better companion for her than Mikey was. Sigh. Regrets. Does anyone else have any?
