01-05-2016, 09:59 PM
Yeah, daycare is absolutely fine. I thought that's what she meant when you first brought it up. My wife and I have a puppy that's a terror. She was able to come home at noon the first month, so we just kept the two dogs in the kitchen. Then she had a month off while she changed jobs, and then I was on winter break. Tomorrow I start back in classes and her new job is farther with really long hours. So we're day caring for a while. He's 6 months old now, but still can't hold his bladder that long during the day. Plus he escapes the kitchen very well. I'm gone from 8-5, so it's not quite 12 hours, but that puppy stage is quite a long period of time, so it's tough to work around work schedules.
And if you think adopting a dog is a better route, you're nuts. Every adopted dog has problems. They've been abused and badly trained, and they're never right again. Sure it may make you warm and fuzzy to save/shelter them, but they'll never act right around other dogs, never learn not to be scared or anxious or defensive or whatever. And that's how your cousin's shitzu gets its eye torn out when they come to stay with you for a weekend. I don't need to fix someone else's abused dog.
And if you think adopting a dog is a better route, you're nuts. Every adopted dog has problems. They've been abused and badly trained, and they're never right again. Sure it may make you warm and fuzzy to save/shelter them, but they'll never act right around other dogs, never learn not to be scared or anxious or defensive or whatever. And that's how your cousin's shitzu gets its eye torn out when they come to stay with you for a weekend. I don't need to fix someone else's abused dog.