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Originally Posted by Britster  While I get what you're saying... can you imagine how many homeless dogs or dogs in shelters there would be if everyone put off having a dog until they worked part time or retired? That's a bit of an over-statement. Many dogs are perfectly capable of being home alone for 8 hours per day, it matters more what you do before/after with your dog. A lot of people work full time but dedicate almost every single weekend to keeping their dogs busy and occupied and exercised, etc.
It's just not feasible and most people do have to work full time to earn enough money to even care for a dog, if they are single and living on their own. |
Completely get what you're saying. I suppose, however, that I think a lot of those shelter dogs wouldn't be there had there not been a demand for puppies by busy owners who were not given the right guidance by those who had experienced the difficulties of working full time and committing their lives to a dog (and all that entails)
So my point would be make sure you're doing the right thing by the dog because the shelters are full enough of dogs left by owners who thought they could manage things and found later they couldn't. I'm just saying think about it. I wouldn't want that on my conscience and I wouldn't do what I did again even though others told me things would just 'work out'. Those same optimists have no pearls of wisdom now the issues they told me would not arise have arisen.