Possible Moving Woes

I'm a worry-wart. I admit it.  But I'm going to worry anyway, so may as well worry online and share my worries with others. LOL

I'm tired of living in an apartment.  It is a smallish apartment, but even if it was a big one, it is still an apartment.  In the apartment I rented in Etobicoke (which was huge), there was a beautiful, fenced-in area, that I could let Bosley run in.  Here,  I have a fenced-in area, but it partially consists of bush, complete with wild animals, so I can't let him run as freely as he would like (or as I would like him to, for that matter).

We have also had the occasional complaint of noise.  My brother and I are both severely hard of hearing, and we can't monitor our voice levels, or how loudly we shut the cupboards or the doors.  To us, our "living sounds" are normal. To hearing people, we stomp, yell, and slam things.

Just once, I'd like to live in a place where I am not self-conscious about how I walk, talk, or close cupboards.  I'd like to not worry if the dog starts to act like a dog and chases his tail, thus making noise on the floor. Sometimes as a reward for alerting me to sound, I give him one of his stuffies to play with.  He likes to pounce, which makes noise as well.   As for that 10 p.m. pee break before bedtime, I'd like to be able to stand at the back door, braless, in a ratty old tee and cut off shorts, and let the dog run out, do his business, and run back in again.  As it is now, I have to dress up to take him out.

I want a house.  Can't afford to buy one on my salary (I work in social services, dontcha know), and my brother is on ODSP, so he's even worse off than I am.  I can rent a house, but then I have to go through the hassle of convincing people that Bosley is a service dog, not a pet, and yes, he's big, but he won't destroy the property, etc., etc.  It was so stressful the first time I tried to move into the area, that I was on the verge of tears looking for a place.  Even got rejected in Midland and Penetanguishene, and at first rejected where I'm currently living, but then the owner of the building let the superintendent know that she had to let the dog (and thus me) into the building.

I don't want to go through the stress of rejection again, while looking for a place to live.  But I really do need to move. Just so I can be loud and not worry about it. LOL

Anybody know of a cheap and cheerful house in the Orillia/Ramara/Oro-Medonte/Washago//Waubaushene/Tay area? Two bedrooms? Fenced-in yard?  For a hard of hearing person with a big but loveable dog who is a service dog???