Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would wait. You need to be home continuously for at least a few weeks with a puppy. I'm currently laid off and we are getting a puppy because I am home now all the time... financially maybe not the best decision. But our kids are older and can help and they are also very very ready and waiting for many years!

Can't wait to hear back from you in 6 months about how awful your dog is and how it was a bad decision.

Not only do you need to be home continuously for SEVERAL MONTHS, depending on the puppy's age, you need to know what you're doing. Your kids are "older", you say? Mine are teens, have grown up with dogs, and are good kids who like to help. You know how much "help" they actually are? Barely any.

They've been "waiting for many years"? Yeah, well, my kids have been wanting a pony for their whole lives. Know how many ponies we can reasonably afford and manage? Zero ponies. So you know how many ponies we have? Zero ponies.

If you're in a short-term unemployment status situation, foster. Yes, it's sad when the puppy finds its forever home, but your kids will get the "puppy experience" in a way that's better for all parties, all around. And then, if you really liked having a puppy, AND it worked out with your family dynamics, you can get a puppy to keep (or keep the one you've been fostering, even).

Most of the posters in this forum shouldn't own dogs, let alone take on the responsibility of properly training puppies. Know what you don't know.

Oh shut up. Being able to be home full time is amazing for a puppy. You sound like an ass regardless