having worked at a dog kennel for 3 years, I got to play with dogs and get my fill of squishy faced, drooly, adorableness! But now I am stuck without a dog and miss them terribly! I have had both dogs and cats my entire life! Always together! This is the first time in my life that I havent had a puppy or dog at least part of the time! (When I was younger I had dogs at my dads house but not my moms for a few years so I still got to play with mine every other weekend!)
Well after much discussion last night Gary agreed if I figured out what to do with the dog while we were at work, I could get one!
Granted he still will not agree to the Great Dane I want, but this is a huge step! I am thinking about a small mix or american eskimo or maybe an italian greyhound something that size. I dont want too small, but we dont want too big! We are open to most any breed though!
But now I am trying to decide what will be the best option!
I am looking into a daycare and having my old boss find a good one for me. He has a network of friends and rescues and daycares around our area. As well as the rescue they got their Weim from.
But I was also debating on a fenced in area for the dog to play in. We will most likely be building a garage in the next year, so once that is built we will have a dog door going out to a run so the dog can be inside the garage or out. No matter what kind of fenced in area I have there will be plenty of shelter and plenty of playthings and water and food!!
Another option I have thought of is one of the smallish storage buildings (the wooden ones that look like barns) with heating and cooling inside and then having it open into a fenced in area.
I work 3-4 days a week (one of those days tends to be a weekend day a lot, so then the dog would just be at home with Gary)
Gary works Mon-Fri. My hours vary a little later at night but I leave at 9:45 am and come home at 6 most nights. Gary leaves earlier but is usually home 5:30-6.
Any suggestions or ideas at all? Open to any advice as to a great situation!
I am really hoping to find a day care! But we would like another option as well!
Well after much discussion last night Gary agreed if I figured out what to do with the dog while we were at work, I could get one!
But now I am trying to decide what will be the best option!
I am looking into a daycare and having my old boss find a good one for me. He has a network of friends and rescues and daycares around our area. As well as the rescue they got their Weim from.
But I was also debating on a fenced in area for the dog to play in. We will most likely be building a garage in the next year, so once that is built we will have a dog door going out to a run so the dog can be inside the garage or out. No matter what kind of fenced in area I have there will be plenty of shelter and plenty of playthings and water and food!!
Another option I have thought of is one of the smallish storage buildings (the wooden ones that look like barns) with heating and cooling inside and then having it open into a fenced in area.
I work 3-4 days a week (one of those days tends to be a weekend day a lot, so then the dog would just be at home with Gary)
Gary works Mon-Fri. My hours vary a little later at night but I leave at 9:45 am and come home at 6 most nights. Gary leaves earlier but is usually home 5:30-6.
Any suggestions or ideas at all? Open to any advice as to a great situation!
I am really hoping to find a day care! But we would like another option as well!