dog

[Catchy]

any help would be appreciated

so i really want a dog, i've never had a dog but understand how much work they are. im debating whether it would be fair for me to have one as me and my partner both work but surely lots of people with dogs both work and manage to make it work?

so my shifts vary from and i can be doing a mixture of nights and days, my partner works mainly evenings and is out from about 3pm until 2amish.

but am thinking if im on a day then im out from 730am till 8pm and he is in the house until about 2pm or 3pm. i'd walk the dog before work and he could give it a little walk before he lieaves for work, would it be ok to leave the dog from 2pm till about 8pm?

the other scenario would be if i was on nights but then i'd be in during the day time and be able to walk it etc and it would be alone from about 6pm until about 2am?

can someone tell me if i could realistically make this work and if they have dogs what do they do when they're at work?

[-:Undertaker:-]

best getting a pet you can put in a cage. that way when you're bored of it it won't get on your nerves

plus dogs stink, make owners houses stink, poo everywhere, have to walk them in freezin weather and if its noisy you'll have all trouble with social welfare if the dog won't shut up with neighbours. we've had to report next door cos the damn thing won't stop howling when they're out

[Stephen]

don't get a dog if it's gonna be left on it's own all the time

[Alkaz]

Regardless of everything Dan said, they aren't that bad. But you should also listen to Stephen, they are for life remember. If you or someone else can't be there so they aren't left for a large proportion of the day on their own then you shouldn't really get one, it's so unfair on the dog.

[Cerys]

we were fine with paddy, we had him since he was practically newly born and he was always left alone for around 4-5 hours while my mum and dad were both at work. we also left him occasionally overnight on his own (with food ofcourse) and he was perfectly fine.

i'd say go for it but if youre going to be super busy with work then perhaps dont get a puppy, get an older rescue dog who has already been trained as with your work i doubt youd have time to train a lil puppy no matter how cute he is !

[Stephen]

we were fine with paddy, we had him since he was practically newly born and he was always left alone for around 4-5 hours while my mum and dad were both at work. we also left him occasionally overnight on his own (with food ofcourse) and he was perfectly fine.

i'd say go for it but if youre going to be super busy with work then perhaps dont get a puppy, get an older rescue dog who has already been trained as with your work i doubt youd have time to train a lil puppy no matter how cute he is !

wow id never leave my dog alone overnight
did he actually tell you that he was fine with it?

and wtf get a rescue dog if you're super busy??!?! I feel sorry for any pets you've had

[Cerys]

wow id never leave my dog alone overnight
did he actually tell you that he was fine with it?

and wtf get a rescue dog if you're super busy??!?! I feel sorry for any pets you've had

Yeah why wouldn't you leave a dog overnight? He'd be alone regardless of if you were home or not cos you're asleep!
Paddy had a wonderful life so don't insult me x

[FlyingJesus]

Probably easier to just get one on Habbo tbh plus they're a lot cheaper and don't mind so much if you forget they exist for a few weeks

But yeah realistically I'd wait until you're at least a bit more settled, I can't remember what your work situation is atm (soz lit spoke about it like last week oops) but if it's not a fixed schedule that'll make things very tricky

[Catchy]

ok i think were gonna get a cat now

[FlyingJesus]

Cats are better anyway