This is about us failing as dog owners

During the last year dog ownership has cropped over and over. David of course started out on the pro side and I was reluctant. Then on reflection; even more reluctant on my side and David decided he couldn't take care of a dog. Then I kept bringing it back up again and again. For example: "they had dogs in front of Fred Meyers, one of them was really cute...etc."
Fast forward to now! David was supposed to keep his weight off the left foot for 3 weeks and I was sad to see him so home-bound and we decided to get a dog. September 13th we got a terrier from Humane Society and called him Porthos. The next day during a walk the dog pulled his head through the collar and ran off into the woods. On Thursday we got him back; then today while we were at church he got away again. We give up, if he is found we are giving him back to the Humane Society.

The end of a sad story.