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18 Jul 2013
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Originally Posted by maria41
In 2011 we were planning to ride from London to Oz, but then the husband had a fantastic job opportunity with his company. He was asked to open an office in Rio. So we put our travel plans on hold and went. Long story short, we decided after a very difficult year and a half in Rio to come back to the UK last Christmas.
Now we did a very stupid thing in Brazil: we adopted a dog, that came back with us to London.
The other issue, is that we rented our property to professionals crooks who stopped paying the rent, wrecked the house, sub-let to at least 5 other people and stole half our furniture. (Plus they took massive loans and we are still fending off the debt collectors on this!)…
As the law is biased in favour of tenants, after taking legal advice we were told it was best to take our losses and suck it up. Put it on experience.
So double whammy.
We are not willing to rent our house anymore and there is the problem of the dog.
When we came back we thought he would be wonderful company for my mother in law. My father in law passed away 18 months ago and we thought, as she always had 2 or 3 dogs on the go, that she would take him. She had no dogs for the last few years as she was sole carer of her husband…
But she has made it very clear: “no dogs”. She won’t even take him for a couple of weeks if we go on holiday!
For the house, we can ask the neighbour to look after it while we are away…. But for the dog…..
What do people do with pets?
Maybe we should organise in the HUBB a system where people with dogs look after each other pet while they travel?
We definitely won’t put our trip plans on hold for ever.
I am convincing my brother to take our dog for 4 months next summer so we can travel to Mongolia… but what after that?
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As per my earlier post my 2 dogs have put my trip on hold for quite a few years. My opinion is that to me they are family. A dog is for life.
You either find somebody to look after it or you wait till it dies. I can't understand people that give up their animals after caring for them for years.
You could try a reputable house sitting site where they look after your house and pet for free rent, they just pay utilities. Usually its a retired animal lover.
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