I don't see anything wrong w/your thread......You sound just like me and right now I have 4, 1 Adult male and Female and 2 female puppies that are 15 wks. old. Your Schedule and how you treat them sounds Normal not Crazy.
My BF and the rest of my Family wants me to visit California for Xmas and 20 yr. Family Reunion. I would have to make a 44 hr./3,000 mile Drive since I can't Fly or afford to put all 4 in a Boarding Kennel or pay for someone to Dogsit - Basically pay someone else to do what I do! At a $120.00 a day I don't think so. No one else understands the "Committment" or "Responsibility"
I have for my Yorkies. After a 6 1/2 yr. Marriage my 2 Adult Yorkies and a MAC PC & Laptop (an incredible Apple System w/c I SOLD) were the only things that I won in the Divorce Settlement......that's right NO House, NO Car,
NO Money nothing else! And that was fine by me as long as walked away with them - My Yorkie's!
Your Friend's don't sound like Dog People? I'm from the Philippines/Hawaii and in our Culture, Dogs are treated like Animals, kept in cages or chained outside
and never allowed into the Home. In this day and age there are some parts of the rural country where Dogs are eaten as a Delicacy, as well as cats, rats, monkey, snake and frog. So if my Relatives ever saw how much time, effort, money and energy that I spend on my "Yorkie Family" they would be outraged and shocked! That's why I'm in the Civilized World of the USA.
Sorry if I shocked or offended anyone?
It's hard to explain to others who don't have that same high standard of Committment, whether it's for 1 or 10 so called "D-O-G-S"?
Tell your Friend's to get on YT. for 5 min. and let them read all the other Members post's, then they will think you are Normal and we are all "Mad"?