Hes too big.

Some people say that they need another kid. They want one sooo badly - that they go to great lengths to get one.

Spend thousands of dollars and months of pain and medications to get that baby they need.

Or- they put their heart and hope out there for an adoption.

Me - I like animals. I want a dog. So I am looking.

Just for the record - if I could I would take them all. I love them so much that I would be the woman that has too many dogs. Too many animals and the animal cops would come and get me.

That is why I must put my obsession deep, deep into the pit of my stomach when I go look in the shelter.

I put my name into a rescue operation - they didn't contact me. They wanted nothing to do with me apparently - no call, no letters, nothing. Even a little note stating no thanks would have been fine.

Then I went the high end route. Looked at the dogs for a thousand dollars. They were cute - but still...Not interested.

Then the shelter down the street has opened - I go every few days. I leave in tears.

Now this shelter is better than any that I ever been to....

Glass rooms - very large - no cages. Nice and shiny and new. But - I just cant take them all home.

They are all big. Shepard mixes, Rott mixes and Lab mixes.

They are all pretty - they are all sweet and - lets say it again.....BIG!!!! I cannot handle a big dog. I have a two seater and there are two of us - so the doggy I get needs to be lap friendly.

So then I round the corner and I see the sweetest little puppy. A Bassett hound - pure! Two months old and you can fit him in the palm of two of your hands.

He was sooo cute - his ears too big. Big bark - little man.

But - this cutie is deceiving....

They look so cute - but the proper weight for a male Bassett......70 lbs. That's a big dog. Little dog-man in this big room will weigh the same as a 10 year old boy in less than a year.

Hes so cute - I need to remember - he's too big.

He's too big.

God - hes cute!!!!

Too big...too big!!!