First time dog owner advice

psycholing
Thu, 12 Jan 2017 01:10:59 +0000

OK so I mostly posting so I get a chance to show off my Standard Poodle. But I would like to concur with the poster who said wait until your boyfriend arrives. You want to make sure that both of you have the same ideas on training and rules (it is like being parents – you don’t want to give conflicting information to your doggie-child.) Also you need to know what kind of doggie culture your partner wants in the house. For example my husband doesn’t like dogs in the bedrooms, so we trained ours to not go upstairs. One person might be OK with the dog on the sofa, and another may not. How will you distribute tasks like walking and grooming?

I’d make sure these things are settled before you get the dog, so it doesn’t end up as a point of contention.