I know no one really reads the blogs on here (I don't anyway) but I just wanted to type this mainly to get it out of my head more than anything.

All my life I wanted a pet so bad and we never had one growing up because they always made my mom feel guilty. So a few years ago, my dh and I went and picked out the cutest puppy ever. She was the runt of a border collie mix litter and had giant brown eyes. She had only lived around other dogs and was shaky and scared when we brought her...