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Regretfully, we feel that
we need to find Spot a new home where people are around all
day long. Overall he is a good dog, but he has one
strange quirk - he cannot stand when people leave.
It's a very strange form of separation anxiety. He
doesn't destroy anything and once you're out the door he
goes to lay down soon afterwards, but as you're going
out the door he throws a doggie temper tantrum. For
Bev and I this has been very manageable for the last 7 years
that we've had him: As you walk out the door, you
throw a towel down, he grabs it and whips it around in a mad
frenzy. He has never bitten anyone, but we are worried
that, soon, when our daughter Jolie is old enough to go in
and out, that she won't know any better and in her haste to
go through the door that Spot will inadvertently use her as
"the temper tantrum towel." Ideally, Spot needs to be
in a home without kids, or with older kids who can handle
him as you're leaving. That, coupled with the fact
that his dander has caused me to have trouble breathing
through my nose at night, has led us to believe that
everyone - including Spot - would be happier if we found him
another home now, before Jolie is old enough to become so
attached to him that it would be traumatic if we had to get
rid of him later. He's 7 years old, only about 15
pounds, supposedly a pure-bred Chihuahua although he's big
for a Chihuahua and an usual black-and-white in color.
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If you know anyone interested in taking him, please let me
know:
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