New addition - thank you all for the advice!

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Firstly, I would like to thank you all on here for your wonderful advice regarding a friend/companion for our boy Koda.

This last couple of years has been such a challenge for us, and we’ve had some terrible luck with regards to pregnancies and my health issues. Koda really has brought so much light and love into our lives! But he does crave doggy companionship - he loves other dogs so much.

We have tried the rescue centres and sat on our decision for a while. It’s been near impossible to find a rescue match for Koda, something that is good with other dogs and kids (as my brothers young children are here regularly).

We were about to give up hope when a friend of mine recommended me to some people who have competitive sled dogs. We took Koda to visit today and now he has chosen his new little brother.
His little brother Shelby will be joining us in a couple of weeks. (He’s named Shelby after Carroll Shelby - as I think most of you know, we are huge petrolheads in this house).

A few of you on here advised a puppy. Blank canvas that can grow up around kids and dogs. So though it’s going to take a lot of work, it was the best option for Koda. He’s in love already

I’m bracing myself for more upset down the line with regards to creating our human family. But my fur baby family is now complete 💕

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Oh he's gorgeous and what an adorable photo of them both together! Sorry about your health and growing a human family. It is so hard, nothing like the way sex ed portrayed it at school, especially when health comes into play. I had to stop taking my prescription painkillers to try and have a baby so my GPs advice was to get pregnant as quickly as possible 🤦‍♀️ it was a horrible time and then to throw a missed miscarriage into the mix (something I hadn't heard of until it happened to us). We reserved Archer just a couple of months after that as we needed an outlet for all the love we had. I hope you can get your happily ever after with your human family and your fur family x
 
Lady Kelly said:
Oh he's gorgeous and what an adorable photo of them both together! Sorry about your health and growing a human family. It is so hard, nothing like the way sex ed portrayed it at school, especially when health comes into play. I had to stop taking my prescription painkillers to try and have a baby so my GPs advice was to get pregnant as quickly as possible 🤦‍♀️ it was a horrible time and then to throw a missed miscarriage into the mix (something I hadn't heard of until it happened to us). We reserved Archer just a couple of months after that as we needed an outlet for all the love we had. I hope you can get your happily ever after with your human family and your fur family x
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Thank you so much for sharing your troubles. it’s lovely to meet others who have faced challenges, makes me feel less alone! We have had two miscarriages and an ectopic. The ectopic was very scary, but luckily drug treatment (methotrexate) rather than surgery worked. But if I’ve learnt something along the way, it’s to not give up hope!
 
Bradshaw Piggies said:
Thank you so much for sharing your troubles. it’s lovely to meet others who have faced challenges, makes me feel less alone! We have had two miscarriages and an ectopic. The ectopic was very scary, but luckily drug treatment (methotrexate) rather than surgery worked. But if I’ve learnt something along the way, it’s to not give up hope!
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Everyone thinks having a baby is easy. It isn't! I had to have Clomid to get my first and the 2nd came along naturally and after 2 miscarriages the third one came along. All through the pregnancy with No 3 I was worried I was going to lose him then during labour I worried about whether I would get a live baby at the end of it all then I worried about losing him to cot death. This was only natural as the 2nd miscarriage was very traumatic.
 
Betsy said:
Everyone thinks having a baby is easy. It isn't! I had to have Clomid to get my first and the 2nd came along naturally and after 2 miscarriages the third one came along. All through the pregnancy with No 3 I was worried I was going to lose him then during labour I worried about whether I would get a live baby at the end of it all then I worried about losing him to cot death. This was only natural as the 2nd miscarriage was very traumatic.
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Thank you so much. It’s so lovely how you can feel comfortable enough to share your journey. It inspires me a lot to not give up hope.
 
What a cute little fellow Shelby is. That photo of him and Koda is heart melting.

As for your human family, all I can say is don’t give up hope. There are many of us who’ve faced challenging odds but pressed on regardless and who have finally achieved our goal. Just have faith that it will happen for you.
 
VickiA said:
What a cute little fellow Shelby is. That photo of him and Koda is heart melting.

As for your human family, all I can say is don’t give up hope. There are many of us who’ve faced challenging odds but pressed on regardless and who have finally achieved our goal. Just have faith that it will happen for you.
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Thank you. That really means a lot to me! 🥰
 
Merab's Slave said:
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Such a gorgeous little puppy. My heart melted.

I can’t add to the stories others have shared about the struggles with a human family except to say I am holding you in my heart and prayers.
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Thank you! 🥰
 
Bradshaw Piggies said:
Thank you so much for sharing your troubles. it’s lovely to meet others who have faced challenges, makes me feel less alone! We have had two miscarriages and an ectopic. The ectopic was very scary, but luckily drug treatment (methotrexate) rather than surgery worked. But if I’ve learnt something along the way, it’s to not give up hope!
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Sadly I had the opposite with my miscarriage, nothing worked so had to have surgery. Certainly not a nice experience at all. You may have already come across the Miscarriage Association but I found their Facebook group a great support for me, more so just seeing that you aren't alone even in your loneliest moments. Sending hugs
 
Lady Kelly said:
Sadly I had the opposite with my miscarriage, nothing worked so had to have surgery. Certainly not a nice experience at all. You may have already come across the Miscarriage Association but I found their Facebook group a great support for me, more so just seeing that you aren't alone even in your loneliest moments. Sending hugs
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I haven’t come across that before. Thank you so much, I’ll have a look! :hug:
 
Lady Kelly said:
Sadly I had the opposite with my miscarriage, nothing worked so had to have surgery. Certainly not a nice experience at all. You may have already come across the Miscarriage Association but I found their Facebook group a great support for me, more so just seeing that you aren't alone even in your loneliest moments. Sending hugs
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Surgery for me was going to be the next option. In fact, after I'd had Son No 1 and got home the hospital phoned me up and asked if I wanted to go in for surgery and I told them that I'd had a baby 7 days befre in their hospital so didn't need the surgery after all. Honestly! You would think that the departments in the hospital would talk to one another!
 
Betsy said:
Surgery for me was going to be the next option. In fact, after I'd had Son No 1 and got home the hospital phoned me up and asked if I wanted to go in for surgery and I told them that I'd had a baby 7 days befre in their hospital so didn't need the surgery after all. Honestly! You would think that the departments in the hospital would talk to one another!
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It’s so frustrating. The hospital forgot my last telephone appointment a couple a months ago, I’m still waiting for my new one to be booked 🤷🏻‍♀️ (They said they would contact me).......
 
What a lovely addition to your family! Glad that Koda chose him himself. ❤

I would love to have a dog but I know I couldn't take on the commitment of having one, especially when hubby and I always go for overseas holiday 2 to 3 times a year. I also wanted to have a baby (hubby not so, he has 2 adult kids from past relationship), but being an immigrant from the Philippines, I know I would rather be able to go back home as often as I can afford to, and having a kid, it would be very difficult to achieve that, at least for 18 years! :rtm: The cost of having guinea pigs is enough for us. I do have nephews (15 yrs old and 11 yrs old) and a niece (5 months old) in the Philippines to spoil though, plus my 2 sisters-in-law are also pregnant, so two more kids to spoil. I can handle having them instead. 😁😊 I'm 40 in Sept and will probably be having difficulties if I do want to pursue having a baby. 🤔
 
What a gorgeous little chap :wub: I wish I had the time & space for a dog. One day (in the very distant future probably haha)!

I‘m sorry you‘re going through such a tough time. I can‘t offer any advice but I‘m sending you big hugs and I‘ll be holding you in my thoughts. 💕
 
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