Short backstory..
After my grandma passed away my grandad took up walking and quit smoking to try and better his own health. Started as mainly trips to the library and such.
My auntie had a new puppy at the time. 12 weeks after getting said puppy it came out that her husband had a second family so he left her with the dog and 2 kids. She had to up her hours so my grandad took on the dog during the day and took him home in the evenings. He would walk milessss! He doted on that dog. We bought him a cheap mobile phone and off he went for miles each day with Monty.
Unfortunately 11 years on Monty got renal cancer and had to be put to sleep.
My grandad still tries to walk but says he has much less motivation to do so without the dog. He doesnt want to adopt/buy a new dog cause hes getting on a bit (although still fully able atm) and hes no experience of night times with dogs and worries about the full time prospect. He always, however, jumps at the chance to dog-sit when his neigjbours are away etc.
Me and my DP bought a house 9months ago and had always said we would probably get a dog in our second year. He works shifts and is home during the day every second week and week 5 in a 6 week rolling rota (so home during the day 4 in every 6 weeks) i work 9-5. Im home every night from 6 and DP is home every night from midnight.
Would it be at all unreasonable to move the dog plan forward and let my grandad have him/her during the day when DP is at work? I know to some this would seem an easy yes/no decision, but i worry ive forgot something and would really like to get this right.
Btw, grandad only lives a 10min walk away from ours so getting dog to him and back would be easy