You people are very judgmental, IMO. I mean, seriously, how do you afford food if you don't work...8 hours a day 7 days a week? I could if I lived in a tent under the highway LOL. Geeze, give the woman a break. My pup is fine and well adjusted and she's 8 months old. I have always worked and I live alone. I think I would worry more if someone didn't work. How could you afford to feed them and take them to the vet? Seriously, ya'all need reality checks.
I've never had issues with a dog feeling neglected or bored because I was gone. That's what the 8 million toys she has are for. She is played with for hours a day every day. I don't have a boyfriend because all my extra time is given to Lilly.
And no, I won't ever leave the house again if I come home after work before working out and I will not sacrifice my health just to get home an hour earlier.
It stresses my pup out if I come home and play for an hour or two and then put her back in her room, in all honesty. Animals can't tell time. All they know is that someone came home, played for two seconds (in animal time) and left again. Fun..NOT..
And yes, I have actually considered finding a new home for my dog but no one would feed her like I do and most people work and if they don't I would be concerned if they have the money to feed her Blue Buffalo at $20 a bag or take her to the vet to have shots, as most people in our area don't. It's farms and people who are very poor and/or don't value getting an animal vaccinated. I have had my dog since she was 5 weeks old and so I know she's attached to me. She doesn't like me to leave her alone with anyone else, so yes I think you all are being odd. Maybe the poster doesn't feed her dog premium food. That's the only thing I could think of where the pup would poop while she was gone. My Lilly maybe went once while I was gone at 18 weeks and she left it alone. The pad was on the other side of the room though.
To the OP: Again, I am home all day and could puppy sit if someone could come get your pup by 3:30 or 4. It's not easy with a new pup, but you can work it around to make it work. |