They also get hair everywhere
That wouldn't help the OP, since he rents. Our dogs have 24/7 access to outside. My mother lives next door to us. Apparently, many days, our dogs spend the majority of their time playing in the back yard, rather than laying around in the house.
Sounds like he rents the entire house. He can take the 15 minutes to slide this into the patio door frame and if he leaves it takes 5 minutes to take it out. No permanent installation and no holes in the wall.only person in my house (renting)
My favorite saying "Please let me be the person my dog thinks I am."
Fen, One thing is we have doggy doors. Similar to this one. http://www.homedepot.com/p/Ideal-Pe...-4-in-Standard-Alum-Slider-80PATSLM/100591700 If you have a patio door. They sit in the frame of our sliding door and the dogs can go out when they need to.
Unfortunately one of our dogs is dumb and sometimes when I come home she is outside with the look on her face of, Please let me in. I point to the doggy door and she is so happy and grateful when she comes in.
I am a firm believer in the fact if you work and you have a dog, you have 2 dogs. They keep each other company and you still get all the love when you get home. Of course I have 4 dogs.
For all of those who think that they could not give a dog a good home, remember there are many dogs from shelters that get put down. I am sure those dogs would prefer to be couch potatoes in your house.
*a guy walking a super-friendly big dog is going to meet females. A guy walking a chihuahua probably isn't.
Clearly you've never had a little dog. Have mini poodle, all of 10 lbs and regularly get stopped by women going gaw gaw over him.
as much as a cute little mini dog will work, i think a giant lovable beast will be much better. i mean, look at that face!!!
Yeah that would be a no no for me.You won't regret getting a dog when you see that look in their eye and that little full-body wag thing they do when you get home. Even when you come home to 3 piles of shit in 3 different rooms and a puddle of piss just inside the front door.
If anyone didn't get it by now my post was a joke.
FWIW - single engineer, work 9-5, only person in my house (renting).
you dont' have time for a dog; dogs need near-constant companionship and they go crazy if left alone for more than a couple hours.
you dont' have time for a dog; dogs need near-constant companionship and they go crazy if left alone for more than a couple hours.
it is my experience of 4 dogs that they are either very needy or very messy; you either get the dog that starts to whimper the instant you shut the door, and then proceeds to cry for hours, or the dog that will chew everything the house is made of, and happily bark at anything that moves.
My friend's dog has a condition where his gums have growths that need to be surgically removed as they grow around the teeth. He just got in to get them removed, and they told him ~$2k per surgery and he'll need three surgeries. The dog is 6 years old and happy and healthy otherwise. He doesn't even really notice the growths but they need to go as they're affecting his teeth, and how he's eating. If my friend wasn't able to afford the surgeries I have no idea what kind of life the dog would have if the growths were allowed to continue.
Shit like this can happen to any dog, at any time, and you're going to need to be prepared. Anybody who is not ready to handle a potential financial burden that high will have to make the difficult choice of having an animal suffer, or get put down early in life because they're deemed not worth the cost. Are you ready for that possibility?
Clearly you've never had a little dog. Have mini poodle, all of 10 lbs and regularly get stopped by women going gaw gaw over him.
Good1) yes
2) pet insurance
edit: T-minus 3 hours to puppy!