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[quote=Anonymous](Please no judgement on using a breeder. We are looking for a puppy with certain characteristics that we could train)

My last dog died 7 years ago and we were so heartbroken that we haven’t had another since, plus we had babies so the time wasn’t right. We decided last spring that we would get a puppy. We researched breeders for a long time, found one, made sure the moms and puppies were happy, healthy, and well cared for. We even met other puppies from previous litters. This will be my 4th dog from this breed so we were very set on it. We’ve waited over a year for our turn to come up as this breeder doesn’t breed often. A puppy was just born and we were told we could get one in April but another litter wouldn’t be born until September if we delayed.

The thing is, we’re both dual Feds working long hours, no chance of telework now. Our kids have been very unhappy about longer hours in daycare and aftercare and we now don’t have enough time/ attention for them.

Should we get this puppy? Or wait until September when hopefully things die down in Fed world (or I lose my job and become a sahm which would be ok too). We all want it so badly and I know my kids would enjoy the puppy all summer long. We are planning to send our kids away to a semi local grandparents’ farm for the summer because we cancelled vacations and camps because of job uncertainty and the dog could go. We’ve already paid for the dog.

Kids don’t know a puppy was born but they talk multiple times a day about our future puppy because they were expecting it by summer.

Anyways, we have no idea what to do. Any input? [/quote]

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