There are some places that have doggy daycare businesses. I know your just starting out so I don't know if you could afford it but many dogs enjoy this. Of course you would really have to check out the place and look at references and such. Maybe you could take your dog just one or two days a week. You have to remember that though you may work 8 hours a day you have an hour you are gone for lunch and additional commute time. My work days were 10 hour days all together and some days were much longer. Then there is the stop on the way home at the stores you need to go to. I used to have a little Shih Tzu and when he was about a year old we gated him into the kitchen while working. When he was two he had the run of the house because he could hold it all day and the kids would come home and let him out after school. I would get the bigger playpen so you baby has plenty of room and can't jump out.
Hope things work out for you and your baby. Hopefully your dad will like her and get along well with the new member of his family. |