I'm thinking about getting a puppy, but, I'm wondering about the praciticalities of it as I'm a single parent to a 6 year old.
I'm a student, so I'll have a big long break from the middle of June to the beginning of October, so can dedicate lots of time to the puppy during those first 4 months after bringing them home.
That said, I would still need to do the school run for the first few weeks (we're virtually next door to the school so it could be done in 5 minutes). And then, in the summer holidays, how soon could we be taking the dog out with us, is that only ok after their 12-week injections? Would we be home-bound for a while?
And then, my son does a few organised activities a week, which means us being out of the house for about 90 minutes 3 times a week, I don't think he'd mind missing a few weeks of those in the early days of getting the puppy, but at what age would it be ok to leave the puppy for that length of time?
Any thoughts would be really helpful. Thanks.
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MyKingdomForAName · 03/02/2020 10:44
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