Doggy Loft Solutions
Hello all!
I’m currently moving through a dissolving break up, and moving out of my apartment with my ex. We live in Boulder, and housing is pretty brutal out here.
I just found out a friend of mine is renting out her ADU! It feels appealing because she’s a friend and I really trust her. I also have been wanting to live alone with my dog to heal from this break up and learn our own rhythms again.
My dog, Beef, and I have been together for 8 years. He’s 9 years old. We’ve lived in many cities, lived through many breakups, and he’s the most secure attachment I’ve ever ever had. I adore him.
Because he’s 9 and we’re super active (3 walks a day, many hikes) he can live with me in a smaller space. However, this space has a lofted bed that’s pretty high, and idk how I’d get him up there 😭. I could invest over a grand into storage stairs… which I may do! It just feels like a lot, and idk if he’d use it. He did go up a ladder to a loft in a cabin we stayed in recently, but because of his age I don’t want him doing that all the time.
We’ve slept together throughout most of our time together. However, in the last couple years in my current space with my ex, he would start the night with me and leave and go sleep in the living room. So he’s okay on his own. But the past couple weeks he’s been back in bed with me all night! (I think he can feel a change is coming).
Am I a terrible dog mom if I get this place and make him sleep without me? Do I even want to sleep without him? I could get the stairs. I also could look for another place, but it feels so good to know I’d have friends on the property and as landlords. Plus, there’s trails in my neighborhood for beef! Let me know your thoughts….