Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Co-Ownership of Dogs in Cohousing

[Patricia Lautner (lautnerp]

We do this!! Gracie is my dog but we only adopted her after speaking with
our next-door neighbors "Jeanne and David" about getting help.  We pay the
bills but they are ALWAYS willing to dog-sit which is the kind of support
we needed.  Gracie is equally happy in either house and goes over for
sleep-overs often.  David and my partner Javier often do the morning walk
together.  Jeanne works from home and we sometimes call her to do an
afternoon walk or feed if we're running late or spontaneously want to stay
out longer.  It's so great not *having *to always rush home for the dog.
Jeanne and David report that this kind of dog share works really well for
them.  They want dog love but after their latest dog passed they weren't up
for getting a new one on their own.  It's kind of like grandchildren, "lots
of fun, they go back home eventually."

We wouldn't have adopted a dog if we didn't live in cohousing.

Ruff ruff,
Patti

On Fri, Jul 14, 2023 at 2:29 PM Sharon Villines via Cohousing-L <
cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org> wrote:

> > On Jul 13, 2023, at 1:48 PM, Patricia Henschen via Cohousing-L <
> cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org> wrote:
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> > I’partially disabled in terms of mobility and find myself unable to give
> the dog the consistent care he needs.
> > I am wondering if any cohousing communities have had success in “dog
> sharing,” i.e., where two households share primary responsibility for the
> dog, and where the dog spends time in both households. I would like to keep
> this little dog--“Benney"--in River Song if at all possible.
>
> Ann Zabaldo is very busy right now and may not chime in on this so I’ll
> pass on that she has often done dog care for her own enjoyment. After her
> dog died and she was not up to taking on full-time care of a dog, she did
> doggie daycare for a few hours a day for dogs that were otherwise home
> alone. Or whose owners were in the hospital, etc.
>
> It worked very well. There are various members of the community who would
> walk the dogs when necessary. She was a back up so when she wasn’t
> available it wasn’t a huge responsibility she had to worry about.
>
> Sharon
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> Sharon Villines
> Takoma Village Cohousing, Washington DC
> http://www.takomavillage.org
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