We were looking for a rescue dog, we have a happy family life and we are pretty active. We thought that we would be able to give something to a dog and it would bring something to or lives.

The rescue center wouldn't consider us as me and my wife both work, we both put a proposal across that we could arrange for the dog to stay with family members during the day so that it wouldn't be left alone, and we were prepared to wait until a dog with the right temperament and a proper homing temperament could be found, but no as long as we both worked we couldn't be considered.

We ended up but a dog out a local litter for a couple of hundred pounds.