Some help/advice would be much appreciated. We've decided we would like to get a dog. We have to dcs a 2yo and a dog-mad 4yo, we also have a 5yo cat who is the polar opposite of a lap cat and only really cones into the house to sleep and eat.
So we can afford a dog and I'm at home all day so plenty of time to spend with a dog. I don't want a puppy. I've never owned a dog before and neither has DH so I'm sure there are loads of things we haven't thought of that we should be considering. Where do we learn about training a dog? Will rescue centres consider us while the kids are so young? Will the cat be an issue?
Any help would be appreciated, even if you could point me in the direction of websites or books that would be good to look at for total dog novices! Thanks in advance!
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Thinking about getting a dog and don't really know where to start!
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