I told him to go for it
I really had no reason to deny him that dog
plus I'm thinking of getting a dog when I move out of Texas
the next day he comes home with a dog, Cash
he's a mix of German Shepard and Lab
awesome dog
he got it from the Petsmart that's in the shopping center that he works at
I did my part and walked the dog when Sharpie was at work or just wasn't home
I didn't want an accident in the house
I ended up spending a lot of time with Cash at the house when my roommate was out
My roommate asked how I liked having a dog
I told him I changed my mind about owning a dog
I didn't want one anymore
they rely on people too much
but the night of the Acl festival Cash kept me company while everyone was out
we both sat on the porch and I put some speakers outside and drank beer
Cash never tried to run off
Cash had a little peeing problem whenever he would get excited
it started to upset Sharpie and Sharpie got tired of it
he told me he was thinking about taking Cash back
I was a little disappointed to hear that cause I was getting attached to Cash
but it never happened
I go on a lot of hikes and at these spots there are dogs all around
so I started taking Cash with me
he would ride in the back of Smokey
he loved it
I would say, "Cash you wanna go play?"
Cash would jump off the couch and start to do a little dance by the door and make a little yelping noise and get crazy excited
these were off the leash parks and Cash loved them
he would run around like a race dog
most of them were trails in the woods with creeks and plenty of shallow swimming holes
Cash played so well with all the other dogs and I would get complements how cool he was
there was one spot that I was training him to swim
he was doing pretty good
there was this one dog park that had a long cement wall that you could sit on while you watch your dog play
Cash would play with the dogs but occasionally would come over and sit next to me
I would put my arm around him while we both sat there and watch the dogs
when it was time to leave he would look for Smokey
one time he jumped on the back of someone's car then jumped into the bed of Smokey
Cash started to sleep with me every night
he was getting attached
it got to the point that he would only sleep with me
I thought Sharpie was ok with the fact that Cash liked me
Sharpie said one night, "Tuna, I don't know what Cash is gonna do when you leave."
So Cash has gotten out more than once but the cool thing is he came back on his own
except one time
he was gone overnight
Sharpie placed a call to a service that finds lost dogs
they found him
Cash was back
but he had a cough
and it wasn't going away
so Sharpie said he was taking Cash to the vet
but in two days Cash was no where to be found
and I missed my buddy Cash
I had a gut feeling that Sharpie took him back where he got him from
but in the two days Sharpie said nothing
so Saturday morning I woke up and went over to the Petsmart where Sharpie got him
with the intention of adopting Cash and back
I saw the little playpens that they put the dogs in but I didn't see Cash
I went up to talk to the lady and told her my situation
she said that Sharpie did bring Cash back and that he was at another Petsmart but she didn't know which one
she gave me a card that had a website that will tell me which store Cash was at
so I drove to the TV station to use one of their computers
I found him at a store up north
when I got there I saw Cash but he was out of the kennel and was on a leash with a couple of guys holding the leash
so I got out of the truck and watched from a distance
I saw the lady filling out some paper work
so I'm thinking well he got adopted and I was too late
then I see them give her Cash back and she puts him back in the playpen
the two dudes drive off
so maybe they changed their minds
So I went over there to ask the lady
Cash saw me and stood up and started wagging his tale and doing that little excited dance and started yelping
I went over to pet him and he was very happy to see me
but he was looking at me like, c'mon let's go, get me out of here, lets
go play!
I went over to the lady and asked if those people adopted that dog
she said they sure did, they left to get the money
she said there were plenty of dogs left she would love to show me
I told her my story
she was sad to hear it
then I told her that I was gonna go over and say goodbye to Cash
that was really hard to do
I went back over to him he was even more excited
I knelt down and talked to him
he was licking my hand while I said goodbye
I stood up and walked away
I gave her my number in case the deal fell through but she said those people loved that dog
I'm sure that Sharpie has his reasons for giving up the dog and I'm sure it wasn't easy for Sharpie either
I'm not mad but I am surprised how attached I got to that dog
it caught me off guard and it actually hurt
He wasn't my dog
But Cash taught me how to own a dog
thank you Cash Money
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