Last year we had a horrible incident with Donnie (Adonis) and regrettably can wait no longer to start the search for a new home for him. Although Donnie really is the sweetest dog and I do not believe he would ever harm anything intentionally he sadly did kill one of Aaron’s mom’s cats. We have taken him over there many times before with no issues but I suppose something was just different and Donnie chased the cat and then because of the excitement he crushed it with his jaw. Donnie did not get off unscathed as he had many wounds as well. Aaron’s mom is a cat person to say the least with no less than five at any given time. It was unbearable to see her clutch the cat for the remainder of his ten minutes of life and we said then that we knew we would have to give Donnie up.

Of course we ignored the fact that we said we would give him up and went along with the next year avoiding any casual visits or our usual holiday visits with his mom. Once we did kennel him but Donnie did not do good at the kennel as I think it reminded him of his early life, he came back with the worst upset stomach and we said we wouldn’t do that again (poor Donnie). So as I said we have avoided any visitation and we just don’t speak about what happened.

Now that we have a baby on the way we just can’t see avoiding certain family members anymore, it just won’t work out for the best. Now we would like to make clear that the baby and Donnie is not at all the issue. Donnie is great with all people, kids, toddlers, and any size dog imaginable, the problem really is the strain on the family relationships that have developed and now we can no longer ignore it.

Donnie has come so far since we adopted him October 06 and never has any medical issues, never costs any money besides the obvious and is completely house trained. He truly is a great companion. So yes Donnie’s only issue is small non-dog animals but that's not rare for your average dog is it?. We have put this off for so long because this is very emotional for us, we know we have failed him and we are filled with grief.

Do you really think you can find him a good home he will love? We don’t know how you feel about this but we would also be happy to keep him in our home for the remainder of 2010 while we hope a good home is found for him. We would be willing to bring him down from Tahoe to visit potential new family members or any boxers and buddies events. We will do whatever is in the best interest for everyone involved especially Donnie Dogo, but of course we understand that this is up to you to decide. We wanted to hear what you thought before we filled out the release paper work. We also wanted to know about Donnie being able to take his belongings to his new home if we find him one. We would not want him to be without his crate and blankets, collars, leashes etc. He loves his crate, it smells just like him.