DH grew up with labs, absolutely adores them, and from his point of view it would be a lab or nothing.
DD (4) has inherited his obsession!
We have always said we WILL get a dog (DD is an only child and DH has always wanted a family dog) when the time is right.
DD starting school in Sept which was one of my main stumbling blocks (wanted her to start and settle in before taking on a puppy) so we are starting to talk more seriously about it.
BUT - we live in a terrace in London, it's by no means massive (especially ground floor), about 1300 square feet in total. And our garden is small.
We have decent parks about 10 min walk away though, and HUGE commons about 10-15 mins drive.
I work from home so would be able to be at home pretty much all day with the dog, no leaving it alone for long periods or anything like that.
But is it just unfeasible to have a lab in a small house like ours? DH's house was twice our size when he grew up with them (though back garden still small) and he was literally across the road from a big wide common.
I keep looking fondly at smaller dogs - our neighbours had spaniels which I alos love - actually, come to think of it they had 2 spaniels in a house the same size as ours so maybe 1 lab would work...! But they had no kids!
Should I be trying to steer DD off the subject of her precious golden labrador or do you experienced MNers think we can manage it, with our specific circs?
Thank you.
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JessiCake · 22/02/2017 11:06
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