-Rayne-Senior Contributor
pet rental anxiety
I so hate renting. For the last two years our dog has been with the kids and my parents. Now the kids need to leave there so I've taken the dog. I tried to get a pet-friendly rental but gave up after about a dozen applications. So now I'm in an apartment with a no-pets clause. I'm kind of freaking out. I know people do this all the time but for some reason it's making me massively anxious. She's picking up on my feeling I think and is really on edge (plus just being generally unsettled because of the move). She wouldn't let me leave the house today. Every time I tried, she cried and barked, and I can't let her do that because someone will hear, so I had to come back. She seems fine when I'm here. A bit sleepier than usual. I really need to be able to leave her and have her stay quiet though. I don't know what to do 
My mother, of course, has offered to take her back there, even though she's too much for them to handle. It's a way to control me though so I've said no, but afraid I might have to let her take her after all... then I'll have to visit all the time and pay for everything she decides the dog needs. Everything's a mess, especially my head.
