I think it’s only fair to anyone who has followed me here on my blog/Instagram that I let you all know where Erik, our GSP, has disappeared to. As I know a lot of you have noticed he hasn’t been seen on my stories or shared on anything for a while and that’s because we made the difficult decision to rehome him.
I know what you’re thinking, I’d feel the same looking at it from the outside too. We had a baby, so the dog took a back seat and got his nose pushed out. True. This did happen. It’s not something we wanted or ever thought would happen. We thought we’d still be able to give him the attention and the walks and exercise he needed and had had with us for the last 4 years but little did we know how much time, energy and effort children would take. The guilt I would feel daily because I knew he wasn’t getting what he needed was hard with a toddler but something I thought would get easier, until I got pregnant again and the constant worry of juggling 2 children and a dog, whilst also giving myself enough time, keeping the house clean etc. was a constant headache for the first half of this year. I cried a lot, probably because of all the hormonal changes too but because I wished I could split myself in to 3 and give so much of myself to Erik, so much of myself to M and so much of me to Josh, to myself and to the house jobs. It was a really difficult period and was causing a lot of upset and some days I hated waking up and being in my own home because I didn’t know how the day would go and I knew it wasn’t going to change anytime soon.
Anyway, I won’t go in to it all too much. Just know, that he is with his lovely new owner. Just him and a lovely lady who lives in the same town as us. We know he’s living his best life and getting so much exercise, so many cuddles and kisses. And when he’s not with her he’s with our lovely friend and dog walker, running around with several other dogs, having the time of his life. We know in our hearts it was the right decision, for him and for us, as hard as it has been. If we had kept him it would have been totally selfish and because we didn’t want to lose face or pride. You might catch a glimpse of him on my Instagram one day, as we are still allowed to walk him – though it is much too soon in my opinion. Love, L.