Hi,
Yes I agree you wouldn't want to have the dog wait an longer then necessary especially if they have been alone all day long by themselves. The person I talked to made me think that I couldn't leave the dog to work at all so that was why I was questioning the situation. As for being layed off well here in the UK (I'm American but live in England so I understand where your coming from) the job has to pay a redundancy package (by law wooo hoo love that!) so I will have a lump sum and it depends on the amount of years I worked for the company which was 9 years so it is a nice lump, as my husband works and most of the house is paid off (small mortgage).
I thought this would be a great time to take my time to find another job and in so doing could spend the quality time training the puppy. It is actually a great time to get the puppy except for me traveling to the U.S. in November for a couple of weeks (hubby will be at home while I am gone) so will step in at that time to take care of the puppy, I think the timing is great but I will have to get a job eventually. Which was my concern when a few people (my in-laws) kept saying well ... you wont be able to work then. And I just thought hummmm maybe Yorkies can't stay home while people work??? I just wanted to find out. Ideally I hope to find something I can do from home work wise ... we shall see ...
Thanks for your comments and concerns ... I do appreciate it!