murphy's mum
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My O/H and I would love another cavalier, we currently have Murphy who will be 1 on Wednesday, and 2 cats. Obviously this is not a spur of the moment decision, we both love our pets very much. But when we mentioned it to our respective parents in passing they decided we are crazy(thats being polite about it!) :?
They seem to think getting another cavi would be irresponsible. I would appreciate anyones views on this. Here's our situation:
We live in a good sized two bedroom house, Murphy currently spends his time in the utility room while we are out, its about 2m x 2.5m, closed off with a baby gate. As he is a year we are about to start trialing him in the kitchen/dining room. At night he sleeps with us on the bed.
Unfortunatley we both work, I leave at 8.30, I come home for lunch and whenever i've no work(I'm an engineer), and my O/H is home for 4. His dad also pops in during the day to see Murphy.
At the weekends he's always with us, we go for really long walks that usually end up with one mucky pup.
It took longer to toilet train Murphy, obviously as we were not there 24/7, but now he's great. He used to chew the wood round the back door, it's a total mess but it never bothered us as we understood it was our fault. We couldn't correct it if we didn't see it happen.
If Stuart's dad no longer wants to come round, we would look into getting a pet sitter to let them out. We'll take holidays again to settle the little boy/girl in, and of course we realise it will be twice the cost and trouble.
But isn't it worth it? I would be lost without my Murphy puppy, even if he's chewed my bed a little, peed on the mattress once or twice. It's part and parcel of owning a dog isn't it. These things are normally our fault anyway for not keeping a closer eye on them.
Are we being selfish wanting a second dog? Please be honest, you guys are great with that
Sorry for the long post -x-
They seem to think getting another cavi would be irresponsible. I would appreciate anyones views on this. Here's our situation:
We live in a good sized two bedroom house, Murphy currently spends his time in the utility room while we are out, its about 2m x 2.5m, closed off with a baby gate. As he is a year we are about to start trialing him in the kitchen/dining room. At night he sleeps with us on the bed.
Unfortunatley we both work, I leave at 8.30, I come home for lunch and whenever i've no work(I'm an engineer), and my O/H is home for 4. His dad also pops in during the day to see Murphy.
At the weekends he's always with us, we go for really long walks that usually end up with one mucky pup.
It took longer to toilet train Murphy, obviously as we were not there 24/7, but now he's great. He used to chew the wood round the back door, it's a total mess but it never bothered us as we understood it was our fault. We couldn't correct it if we didn't see it happen.
If Stuart's dad no longer wants to come round, we would look into getting a pet sitter to let them out. We'll take holidays again to settle the little boy/girl in, and of course we realise it will be twice the cost and trouble.
But isn't it worth it? I would be lost without my Murphy puppy, even if he's chewed my bed a little, peed on the mattress once or twice. It's part and parcel of owning a dog isn't it. These things are normally our fault anyway for not keeping a closer eye on them.
Are we being selfish wanting a second dog? Please be honest, you guys are great with that
Sorry for the long post -x-