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Originally Posted by KazzyK810  Who is gonna do that??? He's had the pup almost a week! After having ZoE a day, I wouldn't have given her back.
Most people work a 40 hour week plus travel time. I don't believe working precludes you from being a dog owner any more than it does being a parent.
It sounds like you have a good set up with a playpen area and are providing food & water all day. I agree with others that it would be great if you could have someone come by for a couple of months, while he is so young to check on him during the day.
Due to co-worker's vacations, I just finished a 3week period working 6 days a week. Fortunately, my ZoE is now 25 weeks old and eats just morning and evening & has a little snack at late at night. I feed her first thing and she goes poop on her pads & I clean it up. She pees on her pads throughout the day and then when I get home in the evening, she's fed again & poops again. It just take a few months for them to grow enough in size that you can regulate their feedings like that. Hang in there, it does get better! |
The point is that many of us have read about rehomings a couple of years down the line; when it's really too late to properly rehabilitate the dog. If you don't socialize early, it's almost impossible to do it later. I'm not so worried about the housebreaking, but this dog isn’t going to get much early socialization, then they will complain, it's a yappy mess.