Am I selfish getting puppies while I am in remission?

@sophiarose I totally hear you and appreciate your concern. While I am relatively young having been diagnosed in my 50’s, I face an uncertain future. Absolutely, those issues are front and centre of my plans. Hope all goes well with you ❤️‍🩹🙏🐾

My best to you as well
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I'm in that same boat right now, however my husband is the patient in remission and I'm the caregiver. Currently we are renting and living on his SSDI retirement which is pretty decent and I am looking for remote jobs to help supplement costs. We are looking at adopting a male Corgi puppy. Are we crazy?

@strongwarrior26 I’m so glad to hear that your husband is in remission. That’s wonderful.

All I can do is give an update.

My 2 precious puppies turned 2 in July and I’ve had them since they were 9 weeks old. Such truly wonderful natured dogs.

If I had a do over I probably wouldn’t get puppies! But having got them I’ve truly loved having them, made the most of the joy puppies bring in amongst the mayhem and wouldn’t give them up.

What is also great is one of my best friends (who is also my Executor) offered to take them if anything happens to me. That’s great peace of mind right there. So I have made provision in my Will and left my dogs a lot of money on trust for their care.

Thank you so much for your kind reply. I had an awakening yesterday and realized I need to wait. The timing is bad for one thing, and I told myself to wait until I actually have a job. It's not fair to anyone, especially the dog, if we have to eke out finances. I believe God will let me know when the right time is.
I sure hope you're doing well and loved reading about your dogs.

Here's a philosophy that I've tried to adopt as part of my cancer survivorship.... "Honor the space between no longer and not yet.". Get the pups!

@strongwarrior26 Don’t give up on giving a rescue dog a loving home. Planning, so you feel comfortable with the commitment, is important to feeling at peace with the responsibility. Perhaps you can volunteer to walk rescue dogs or foster them temporarily? That will give you the benefit of a dog in your lives while you plan for your own ❤️‍🩹🐾♥️

@strongwarrior26
- I am a lifelong dog lover and my dogs have, over the years, really helped me so much. They sense when we are not feeling ok.
- I just would say you used the word puppies as plural - do not get two at the same time - it’s not only twice the work but it complicates things like housebreaking, teaching and training them to understand what you want. Look into training classes ahead of time so you have an idea of time, cost, etc.
Then make sure you have one to two backup person/s who are reliable in their commitment to help you should you be in hospital or things get worse and you need respite care as you hit the downhill slide.
I don’t have cancer but I live alone, am in my late 70’s and my grown kids and some dog friends will have explicit directions and info should suddenly need them cared for either temporarily or permanently.
Re breed choice - Corgis can be very barky. Will that be a problem for the patient? Also can be very active. Will you have time to devote to both of them?

@wisco50

Whoops, I meant a puppy in the singular. I think as long as it's just one Corgi, the barking should be okay as long as we manage and stay on top of it. Either way, we have decided to wait a bit before adopting.

I think if you are ready then you are ready to give all you can to the puppies..Time and lot's of love ...I know for me with NED of stage 4 ovarian cancer I miss my little dog so much ...He was a great comfort to me going thru my cancer treatments plus just his company alone ...I had him an extra 7 years after my late husband passed away Thanksgiving 2018 ...I am grateful for the time I had him he I believe made me heal that much faster ...I say go for it ...Get the puppies live your life and be so fulfilled with them in it...God Bless 🙏💜⚘️🌹😊🐕🐾