Hi everyone looking for some advice please I have a nine-year-old neutered male Cocker and I live alone and I’m sadly quite socially isolated so here’s my world. I am of course aware he is getting older and getting quite anxious about this day so have been considering a puppy for the last few years but I just feel very very guilty when I think of it I also worry if it will add stress to his life?
he has a bit of arthritis etc but we still do 40 minutes twice a day he goes to a very dog friendly beach and plays with the other dogs though sometimes to be honest he can have a little bit of resource guarding issues and will bark at a dog if I try to Pat one however I feel obviously in my own home I can work on this one as I can’t orchestrate things on the beach with other people‘s dogs if you see what I mean!
I wonder if I have left it too long if nine is too old and also I feel very confuse re the sex Of a puppy- the Internet always advise the opposite sex yet I have spoken to about 20 breeders and they seem split down the middle it doesn’t really matter -personally I would lean towards another little boy but of course I just want the best for a harmonious lifestyle for all of us any advice at all be very gratefully received as it’s kind of dominating my life at the moment I just spend hour after hour looking at puppies on the Internet only to do nothing about it and then when one I’ve been watching gets taken I cried for days on end :( so confused!!! Thanks