Marquire
Well-Known Member
Just need to vent so apologies in advance.
I currently have a 3 year old Lab (Holly) and my OH and I have been talking about getting a second dog for sometime now. So rather than get another puppy we thought we'd do our bit by rehoming a rescue dog. However, we both work full time and this seems to rule us out of adopting a rescue dog completely.
It's not as if Holly is currently left at home all day alone. During the week she has a 45 minute off lead walk at 6.30am and then bumbles around the garden until I leave for work at 7.45am. The dog walker comes in at 12.30pm and she has 1 hour off lead exercise with her and then I'm home again at 4.45pm and she goes out for another 1.5 hours off lead walk with me and/or OH. She has a final little whizz around the paddock behind the house at 9.30pm before bed. At weekends OH and I are outdoorsy so she'll normally have a 3-4 hour walk each day plus a couple of shorter leg stretches. We also do agility once a week for variety.
We live in decent sized detached house with a fully enclosed 0.5 acre garden surrounded by countryside we have access to loads of woods, fields and the beach is nearby and I (stupidly) thought we would be offering a pretty good livestyle for a rescue dog.
It's really sad that rescues assume because you work full time you can't provide a good home for a dog. We are now faced with either not getting a second dog or buying a puppy which seems crazy when there are so many rescue dogs in need of homes.
I makes me really sad.
I currently have a 3 year old Lab (Holly) and my OH and I have been talking about getting a second dog for sometime now. So rather than get another puppy we thought we'd do our bit by rehoming a rescue dog. However, we both work full time and this seems to rule us out of adopting a rescue dog completely.
It's not as if Holly is currently left at home all day alone. During the week she has a 45 minute off lead walk at 6.30am and then bumbles around the garden until I leave for work at 7.45am. The dog walker comes in at 12.30pm and she has 1 hour off lead exercise with her and then I'm home again at 4.45pm and she goes out for another 1.5 hours off lead walk with me and/or OH. She has a final little whizz around the paddock behind the house at 9.30pm before bed. At weekends OH and I are outdoorsy so she'll normally have a 3-4 hour walk each day plus a couple of shorter leg stretches. We also do agility once a week for variety.
We live in decent sized detached house with a fully enclosed 0.5 acre garden surrounded by countryside we have access to loads of woods, fields and the beach is nearby and I (stupidly) thought we would be offering a pretty good livestyle for a rescue dog.
It's really sad that rescues assume because you work full time you can't provide a good home for a dog. We are now faced with either not getting a second dog or buying a puppy which seems crazy when there are so many rescue dogs in need of homes.
I makes me really sad.