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The Dr. Laura Podcast

Should I Put My Dogs Up for Adoption?

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Dr. Laura Schlessinger & SiriusXM

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4.66.3K Ratings

🗓️ 3 February 2026

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

Jimmy is considering getting rid of his wife's beloved dogs and leaving town to grieve her death away from their home. Got a dilemma? Call 1-800-DR-LAURA / 1-800-375-2872 or make an appointment at DrLaura.com - Listen to The Dr. Laura Program daily on SiriusXM Triumph 123.

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seven at dr laura dot com jimmy welcome to the program hi dr laura um hi my wife was a big listener big fan so I figured I'd probably have to ask your opinion on this.

0:42.2

My wife passed away five months ago, and I'm doing okay with the grief.

0:47.0

I mean, no regrets in our relationship.

0:51.5

And my kids are all grown and out into the house, and now I'm just trying to figure out what my

0:56.7

path is going to be because I'm 58 so I'm getting ready for retirement um you are my I'm

1:04.9

79 I'm not retiring well I mean you know it know, it's a thought.

1:11.1

We're not happy.

1:12.0

It wasn't happening, but we're going to do that together.

1:14.8

But at this point, my daughter's going to get married in the backyard this year.

1:19.2

And then possibly after that, I might sell the house and downsize.

1:24.0

But the other thing that my wife and I were also, when we were thinking about retirement,

1:29.3

was that, you know, we do have two dogs.

1:31.1

They're older, but we realize we can't travel like we had planned with our dogs.

1:38.3

And so we decided to use our-v.

1:42.4

That's true. That's true.

1:43.8

But they're not, they're not, they don't play that well with others.

1:48.7

One of them, the older one is that way.

1:52.6

So we had figured, well, you know, when the dogs pass, we won't get any other ones

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