So our specific worries!
- furniture etc being destroyed - we aren’t a show home but we have had rabbits & cats who chewed, scratched etc & it was annoying, don’t want the house chewed up & covered in hair.
- barking every time someone comes, leaves, stands up, sits down etc. My uncle’s dog does this, to the extent you can’t actually hold a conversation for the first 30 mins of meeting each other, because the dog is so loud.
- broken nights. We didn’t cope well with the children getting us up at night (actually they will do), don’t particularly want another round of it.
I can’t think of any other specific concerns. We understand issues in leaving dog alone, holidays etc. DH works part time & probably always will, I am currently a SAHM although that might change, might look for part time work when my youngest starts school in 2020, so we have time for dog training, settling in etc.
What I worry about is maybe our concerns indicate we aren’t really dog lovers enough & that if we aren’t willing to deal with the above maybe we shouldnt have a dog?!