Sadness

My last entry was all about my desire to get a Cavalier puppy. After talking to lots of breeders the advice we were given was to get a slightly older puppy. An older puppy would be easier to train and better able to handle being alone during the day. So we contacted and heard back from a breeder in Temecula who had a beautiful 8 month old girl named Bella. We went out there this weekend and immediately fell for her. We had to bring her home. We made the long drive back home and were so excited to have her be part of our lives now. The bad part was she did not get along with the cat but it was getting better as the weekend progressed. Bella instantly bonded with Neal. She was his girl. Following him around and wanting to be with him at every moment. It wasn't the same with me. She didn't seem to really care about me that much which I think was the most dissapointing part of it all to me. I had wanted her so badly and she couldn't care less about my existence. But to move on, we tried leaving her alone for periods of time to get her used to us not being home during the day. She whined and barked the whole time. The neighbors we talked to were obviously not fans of dogs so we couldn't leave her in the yard. Neal tried a doggy pen in the house which she climbed over and got out. Behind closed doors she continued to whine and was miserable. We had to do some soul searching and realized we were probably not the best home for her. She needed to be with a family that could devote more time to her. So we made the heartbreaking decision to take her back. It has left us feeling sad and the house feeling empty. We are so dissapointed that it didn't work out and not sure how to move on from it. She was a good dog and we had to do what was best for her. But we miss her.