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[quote=Anonymous]Lost Dog Rescue will adopt to people who work full time.

Are you explaining about the dog walker? If you are getting a dog walking service, then if you see an application question that says "will the dog be left alone for more than 6 hours?", put down no. The dog won't be alone for more than continuously.

That said I think it would be really hard to have a puppy under 1 working 8-10 hour days. I do work full time but I'm away from the home flexible hours (about 4 hours at a time), sometimes I work a few hours in a morning and go back home to the dog for a few before going back. Even so it was hard to house train my one year old dog (got him at 15 months, he did not have a great houses raining foundation although he sort of got the idea). If he was a baby, I probably would have had better luck with the crate because he probably would have had less anxiety. So maybe that could have worked, but I'm not sure because I've never done it.

You could also network with some breeders about older dogs over 1 that have been returned and are looking for homes. But don't assume that you can just go to a breeder and buy a dog no questions asked. There are generally applications for reputable breeders similar to rescues. I have heard the argument about that, that "it's going to drive people to just go to the pet store". But the truth is for your own protection no peace of mind you don't want to get a dog from a breeder who doesn't seem to care about anything other than getting a check. It would be shortsighted at best to attempt to bypass the application
process of reputable breeders and rescues in order to speed the process along.

But I can guarantee there will be many dogs out there that will be a great fit for your home. Don't get frustrated, you will find a great dog and the process will be worth it. I have looked for up to a year to find each of my shelties with many many disappointments along the way, but my shelties have all been perfect so it doesn't matter. [/quote]

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