How do people cope with dogs?
AnnieBaker
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You have to take them out for two walks a day. Most breeds about two hours in total.
You can't go out for a day trip where the dog is not allowed, because the dog will get depressed and rip up the cushions.
Your dog might bite a small annoying child one day or eat something that will kill them. You have to stay alert otherwise your dog will die.
When you travel abroad you have to ask someone else to deal with all of the above.
Seriously, how do people cope??
You can't go out for a day trip where the dog is not allowed, because the dog will get depressed and rip up the cushions.
Your dog might bite a small annoying child one day or eat something that will kill them. You have to stay alert otherwise your dog will die.
When you travel abroad you have to ask someone else to deal with all of the above.
Seriously, how do people cope??
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Get used to walking and don't go out?
It does not sound ideal.
Wouldn't some countries quarantine them for a while to make sure they are not carrying diseases???
I wonder how people cope with having children......much rather have a dog.
Jesus, what kind of dogs have you had Annie?
Easy for me as mine are small and they don't rip the house apart (or people's faces off). Plus the activities I enjoy allow the dogs to come along. If I go away, which is not often, they go into kennels and they love it or they stay at home if someone's still there (I'm away on a trip just now but they're at home with my husband). No hassle at all.
My girl is left by herself for the entire day 2 days a week as the OH is at uni and I work full time. We leave her with treats, toys and a puzzle ball to occupy her and the balcony door open for her to come and go as she pleases and she doesn't destroy anything.
She is loved, happy and content and is a massive part of our home. It wouldn't be the same without her.
She gets a long walk once a day and at weekends is taken to the fields and park to go wild. However at home she is played with tug games, she's loves being chased and chasing my OH and the 2 of them play hide and seek.
If it's something you really want in your life you'll find the time.
Millions of people cope all of the time. so not as hard as you seem to think,
Outside the EU some will , inside the EU we were the last to do that for EU countries and selected others to bring us in line with EU legislation in 2011
As for coping with dogs, well if you take on a pet you are taking on to an extent another member of the family who needs to be fed, walked, look after etc etc , most people realise that though too many don't , if a person is not prepared to make sacrifices at times and to make sure they give the best care to their pet then they shouldn't get one . Unlike kids pets will always need care and cannot learn to do things for themselves. it is a long (but pleasant) commitment.
my dog has four walks a day of varying lengths. You get used to it, I plan around the dog. the pleasure of having a dog and the company over rides everything else.
The best thing about having a dog, especially a small one is having them cuddle up on the bed with you at night. That's the best bit.
He doesn't rip the house up either, even if he gets left in on his own for a while. I hate leaving him but he sort of sleeps.
I don't know. I've got a cat who takes herself out for a walk, and doesn't need constant attention/emotional support.
yeah mine has never destroyed anything but her toys.
I filmed her once when I went out and she basically sleeps, eats and plays then sleeps some more
What, you mean the small annoying children again? Well my position is clear (see above), but I'm a little worried about you and your desire to kill small children. You're not yet a parent, I take it?
Yes, someone else will have to take over the responsibility for directing the dog to gnash on annoying children and their parents. Oh it's a tough world. I can see the problem. How does one pick from all the applicants? The only solution is to have more holidays..... well it's only fair really, isn't it ;-)
I don't like cats either but at least I can tolerate being in the same room as one of them.
I have two cats, a toddler and a very high energy six year old boy.
I have always liked the idea of a dog, but it seems a crazy idea now I am settled and could actually look after one properly. I do not have enough hours in the day as it is, so dedicating one of them every day for walkies seems virtually impossible.
Maybe one day. In the meantime, the cats give me cuddles at night, which is apparently the best part of having a dog anyway.
Cats win!!
Cats love us too but they are less obvious about it.
I would love to have a dog one day but then again they have such short lives and I am not sure I could cope with the goodbyes.
The OP sounds incredibly lazy tbh, there's solutions to all of the points if you want there to be.
Two hours every single walk isn't neccesary for my dogs, but on longer walks I take my camera. While they're snuffling round the bushes, etc. I indulge in a bit of landscape/nature/or macro photography
Neither of mine destroy soft furnishings, and because they keep each other company, we can go out for a few hours now and then, with no separation anxiety from the dogs.
Mine aren't aggressive towards people either, in fact if anything, they're a little too friendly - and thanks to my grandchildren, they're both used to boistrous children, and love the attention.
Watching they don't eat anything undesirable isn't that much of a chore.
Boarding Kennels - don't go - or get a pet passport and take them.
Why do I sound incredibly lazy?
I run my own business and have two young children. I often have to work until 10 pm because I spend all day looking after the kids and can't work then. A dog would be lovely and get us out in the countryside but I struggle to see when we would go in dark winter months and when it rains.
We know some people who could look after the dog while we were away in the USA but they work full time. Not ideal for a dog to be left at home all day.
We like to go for day trips where we will be out all day, eight hours. It is not fair to leave a dog alone all that time and then you have to walk them when you get home, when you are tired. We could drop them off with a friend, but we hate imposing on people and it would add complications onto a busy day.
So why am I incredibly lazy?
I think we are a fairly normal family and dogs are one of the most popular pets. It just got me wondering how it works for people.