DH and his family have always had dogs and for as long as we have been together it's been a big bone of contention between us (no pun intended). Except for a goldfish, I didn't have any pets and I wasn't particularly bothered. I was definitely not an 'animal person' and I'm ashamed to admit I reserved a bit of judgyness for those who loved their animals a bit too much. As a result, I know nothing at all about animals and have found myself having to do a lot of online research recently.
Anyway, after at least 5 years of arguments about whether or not we get a puppy, I finally relented and DH got a pup on the proviso that she was nothing to do with me, all dog related decisions and expenses are his 'area' ... Which worked fine for about 5 seconds until I fell completely and utterly in love with our gorgeous little staffy possibly a little bit more that I love DH I literally love taking her for little walks each day and watching her roll around in the grass. I even cried the other day when I read a story about a man doing a little bucket list for his dog before it died .
Anyway my mat leave is due to end very soon and the thought of leaving our pup all day is breaking my heart (I even left a bbq early the other day because I didn't want her to be on her own too long - I am now one of the people I used to roll my eyes at). DH says it's fine, if dogs couldn't be left, then only retired and unemployed people would own dogs. He has years and years of dog ownership behind him and like I said earlier, I know nothing about dogs except for what I've read online and a lot of that is conflicting, but surely it's not right? Won't she get bored or distressed? If any of you have dogs/puppies who you have to leave during the day, can you please let me know what you do?
Thanks
PS - I'm obv concerned about leaving my actual child as well but he won't be stuck in the house on his own all day!
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