I'm sorry, Hil. I hope the right dog comes your way soon.

You know, the standard for maintaining your parental rights is something along the lines of feeding and clothing your kid and making sure they are supervised and have a place to sleep. I'm not sure I see why the standard for adopting a dog should be higher.

Sorry, Hil.

Without knowing the specific dogs it is possible that the animal's personality wasn't suited for being alone during the day for x number of hours. Some of my animals were totally ok with staying home, and others I had to take to work with me.

Zoe is fine all day by herself, but I try and get home for lunch if I can. Brandy had to come to work with me. She literally howled the entire time she was left alone. Non-stop. Same thing with being left in the car. If my family went out to dinner together we had to take turns keeping the dog company in the car.

Some of my animals were totally ok with staying home, and others I had to take to work with me.

Yeah. Darby's fine with it, but some dogs can't deal, and that's not good for either of them.

I'm sorry Hil. Have you visited your local humane society? They want a good home for their pets and will check your landlord status, but they tend to be far less picky about your schedule.

Hil, that's a shame. But I'm sure you'll find the right dog soon.

I'm sorry to hear that, Hil. I hope you find the right dog soon!

I just wish that they'd told me at the beginning if this dog needed a home where someone was home all the time. The application I filled out asked for my working hours, and I told them, and then they went and contacted my references and did the home visit and everything anyway.

Yeah, that sucks, Hil. But it's not a judgement on you. Keep at it. You'll get the right dog.

Aw, Hil. That sucks. But what the others said - some dogs do need more interaction during the day, and that's part of what fuels destructivity in doggies. You'll find one, I know.

Sadly, the burlesque show last night was not as awesome as I had hoped. Many people were not on theme, and there was one genuinely awful stand-up routine. Don't quit your night job, musician dude. The opening number was fantastic, though: the birthday girl (omg, she is so hot I can't even stand it, and a fabulous dancer) was dressed as Jareth (well, had the wig and the makeup and then wore a skimpy bikini outfit) and another dancer loosely dressed as Sarah (white sparkly bikini with a tulle tail, ornaments in hair). They did a pole duet to the song that plays during the masked ball.

My friend and neighbor did a fire number while someone dressed as Jareth sang the song that plays during the opening credits. We left before it was over, so maybe someone did "Magic Dance.' I hope so. My night was made by a woman who walked in dressed as the worm. Blue dress, red scarf, blue extension in her hair. "Allo! Come and have a cuppa tea with the missus."