What to do with my dogs while looking for a house/moving?

If you drop an old pitbull at an adoption agency I think they just put them to sleep. You will need to find someone you know that will take her.

 

Why not just rent a place where you can take all 3

 

^ I'm also confused here. It will be more difficult, but not impossible to find a place to rent.

It sounds as if you just want to get rid of your 10 year old dog? And then lessen your load and difficulty level for a few months with the other? So, in essence, too much work, you don't want to handle? If so, that's crazy...

Either way, as noted, finding something for a 10 year old pit mix will be tough. Age + breed working against her.

 

Shelters have guidelines to follow based on the breed of a dog. Pit Bull is the one they put to sleep the quickest since they're classified as violent. Don't give it a death sentence.

 

where you lookin to move?

 

Have you considered leaving the dogs in Fort Worth with a house sitter? My understanding is houses are easier to sell if staged with furniture and all. And a house sitter might do it for free room and board. or $100/mo might be doable. Also, I think your house insurance prefers you don't go vacant, for fire insurance reasons.

I honestly don't think you will find a professional boarding place anywhere close to $100/mo. More like $40/day per dog

 

I had a similar issue last year when my job moved me from Houston to Austin. The temporary housing thing wasn't an option for me because I have 2 beagles that can make a lot of noise.

We put our house on the market for a few months, but it didn't sell so we just put it up for lease. Within a few days it was leased out. I thought it would be a big pain living in Austin and being landlord for a property in Houston, but it really hasn't been that bad so far. Rather than buying in Austin though we've just been leasing a house. Most allow dogs (with a pet deposit)

 

Yep. Places are normally $40 a day per dog. Some do discounts for multiple dogs if they can stay in the same pen.

Ever thought about renting saying you have the mastiff only? If your dogs are behaved and don't cause a ruckus you should be able to get away with it.

I've paid for two deposits for a few years now. My third dog is a beagle. Who is laid back and very well behaved.

 

Feed the Jack Russell to the Pit Bull... then feed the Pit Bull to the Mastiff. Then you just have the one dog to worry about during the move. Wait, what were we talking about?

 

Yeah, don't make your wife bite the bullet until she gets that crown fixed. :grin:

good luck. Deposits usually aren't too bad, but I've never tried getting 3 dogs in a lease.

 

Call your vet. They should know of all kinds of places that would be able to handle each type of dog.

 

From my own experience, the alternatives consist of paying one heck of a lot of money to a boarding facility (it would add up to hundreds a month easily, IMO) as a place to keep the dogs, or find a relative or close friend who will take on the chore for you until you are ready to move them. Good luck!