so i have an announcement to make:
indy and hubby and i are moving from dublin to atlanta in june!!! 8) i'm so excited---i'm originally from atlanta and my irish hubby and i have been planning to leave dublin for a few years and the time has come. i've really enjoyed living here, but it's time to go home and be closer to my friends and family----for a few years anyway. it will be a huge change for all of us---cormac has never lived in the usa and i'll be in reverse culture shock for a while, but we are thrilled!
before getting indy we researched quarantines and we are very lucky that as ireland doesn't have rabies, indy (who has been vaccinated anyway) will have no problems coming along with us. i'm going to cry my eyes out when i say goodbye at the airport, but he's going to have such a great time when he arrives meeing his 'grandparents' and 'uncle'. my two best friends have both gotten dogs in the past month so i can't wait for indy to meet his 'cousins.'
anyway, we will be staying with my parents for the first month or two while we get settled. this is going to be interesting. my parents love dogs, but are of the old school 'dogs belong outside' crowd and having mr. jones with his tumbleweeds in the house full time is going to take quite a bit of getting used to. we have been working very hard in the past 2 months to perfect his housetraining :shock: and i'm so proud of his progress and we are trying to train him to do or not to do a lot of things that don't bother us, but might bother my folks so i'll probably be posting a lot of training queries.
i have a few questions/concerns about moving a dog internationally and into a different climate, etc.... but i'll post those seperately. if anyone has travelled from europe to america or vice versa with their cavvie please let me know.
thanks---i've been dying to say this but haven't told work yet so it didn't feel right. couldn't hold it in any more!!!
(big exhalation) thanks for listening!
k
indy and hubby and i are moving from dublin to atlanta in june!!! 8) i'm so excited---i'm originally from atlanta and my irish hubby and i have been planning to leave dublin for a few years and the time has come. i've really enjoyed living here, but it's time to go home and be closer to my friends and family----for a few years anyway. it will be a huge change for all of us---cormac has never lived in the usa and i'll be in reverse culture shock for a while, but we are thrilled!
before getting indy we researched quarantines and we are very lucky that as ireland doesn't have rabies, indy (who has been vaccinated anyway) will have no problems coming along with us. i'm going to cry my eyes out when i say goodbye at the airport, but he's going to have such a great time when he arrives meeing his 'grandparents' and 'uncle'. my two best friends have both gotten dogs in the past month so i can't wait for indy to meet his 'cousins.'
anyway, we will be staying with my parents for the first month or two while we get settled. this is going to be interesting. my parents love dogs, but are of the old school 'dogs belong outside' crowd and having mr. jones with his tumbleweeds in the house full time is going to take quite a bit of getting used to. we have been working very hard in the past 2 months to perfect his housetraining :shock: and i'm so proud of his progress and we are trying to train him to do or not to do a lot of things that don't bother us, but might bother my folks so i'll probably be posting a lot of training queries.
i have a few questions/concerns about moving a dog internationally and into a different climate, etc.... but i'll post those seperately. if anyone has travelled from europe to america or vice versa with their cavvie please let me know.
thanks---i've been dying to say this but haven't told work yet so it didn't feel right. couldn't hold it in any more!!!
(big exhalation) thanks for listening!
k