Puppy advice

[Wahine]

I've had dogs all my life. We always had one in the family, when I met DH he had the poorly behaved coonhound. You wanna talk about high maintenance, I used to run that dog 20 miles a week, literally. Then we got the bully, walks 3 times a day but was happy on his own for the day while I was at work, so very low key in the needy department. He was also very well loved by everyone so it was easy to find a sitter. Easy to train. You can see why I want another.

We had him put down just before we moved from Canada. DH and I have been dogless since, it'll be exactly 2 years on Feb 4th.

I'm not afraid of committing to a dog, I've just never raised a puppy. So I'll hang out and see what happens with this other dog and go from there.

Thanks for the kind words of support.

[Zen]

You might look into greyhound rescue. Very low maintenance dogs.

[chickwhorips]

Wahine I just want to say thank you for thinking about every last detail. I just wish more people would. Being an animal lover, I'm just like you. With everyone's advice.... I just wish there were more people like ALL of us!

[Wahine]

CWR - I would be devastated if I got a dog and couldn't hold up my end of the bargain. So that's why I asked. I still think it would be possible for me to give a puppy a good home, with proper socialization etc, but it would be hard and I'd have to rely more on DH than what he's willing to commit going in. So it's totally not far to take the risk.

As for a grey hound, it's not a bad idea but my heart is truly set on a bullmastiff. If I wasn't so set on one, I could find an adult dog tomorrow of another breed or melange as they say in France.

Thanks again everyone.