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Old August 29th 05, 09:27 AM
David Heggie
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Hi everyone

My mother-in-law recently got herself a puppy that she's struggling to
cope with. I don't think she really appreciated the time and effort
that goes into looking after and training a dog. Almost every day
she's in tears about the dog and her lack of ability to cope with it.

I've always been around dogs, and have a had two well behaved dogs of
my own in the past however I haven't had a dog since I got married (4
years ago). We've got three oldish cats and a 6 month old baby in the
house.

I'd dearly love to take the dog off my m-i-l's hands and give it the
attention and home that it deserves (it's a lovely collie-retriever
cross) but I'm concerned about our domestic situation (cats and a
baby).

How should I go about introducing a lively, playful but completely
un-trained puppy (about 6 months old) into our house, or should I keep
my mouth shut and just let her get on with it?

Thanks,
David
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Old August 29th 05, 12:32 PM
bizby40
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"David Heggie" wrote in message
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I've always been around dogs, and have a had two well behaved dogs of
my own in the past however I haven't had a dog since I got married (4
years ago). We've got three oldish cats and a 6 month old baby in the
house.

I'd dearly love to take the dog off my m-i-l's hands and give it the
attention and home that it deserves (it's a lovely collie-retriever
cross) but I'm concerned about our domestic situation (cats and a
baby).

How should I go about introducing a lively, playful but completely
un-trained puppy (about 6 months old) into our house, or should I keep
my mouth shut and just let her get on with it?


How about you give your mother-in-law the support she
needs to keep and train the puppy? Find a good training
program in her area, and sign her up for it. If you live
close together, you can attend with her and help her out
with the training.

To be honest, now doesn't seem to be the right time to
introduce the dog into your home. I'm not sure how
it would get on with the cats, or they with it, but babies
and puppies both take huge amounts of time and energy.

Bizby


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Old August 29th 05, 02:07 PM
David Heggie
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On Mon, 29 Aug 2005 08:52:25 -0400, Handsome Jack Morrison
wrote:

her hands full with the baby, and you should be expected to pitch in
with the baby, too. Do you work at home? Or is your wife going to


Thanks for your comments.

We both work from home (and I do my share of baby looking after, I can
assure you) so we're both around all day - taking the dog was
originally my wife's idea.

Unfortunately the option of local obedience classes isn't open to us
as we live in a very rural island location where there aren't many
local amenities.

I think we'll see how things pan out over the next week and try and
read up on introducing cats and babies to a dog; although I have
experience of dogs, I've none of dogs, cats and babies together,

Thanks,
David

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Old August 29th 05, 11:32 PM
Spot
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I agree with Bizby get her & the dog signed up for some obedience classes or
help her find a new home for the puppy.

Collies are known for being full of energy and takes a lot of work and time
to keep them focused so they stay out of trouble. I have a collie/shepard
mix who can be one heck of a handful at times. It sounds like she is over
whelmed with it.

Celeste



"bizby40" wrote in message
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"David Heggie" wrote in message
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I've always been around dogs, and have a had two well behaved dogs of
my own in the past however I haven't had a dog since I got married (4
years ago). We've got three oldish cats and a 6 month old baby in the
house.

I'd dearly love to take the dog off my m-i-l's hands and give it the
attention and home that it deserves (it's a lovely collie-retriever
cross) but I'm concerned about our domestic situation (cats and a
baby).

How should I go about introducing a lively, playful but completely
un-trained puppy (about 6 months old) into our house, or should I keep
my mouth shut and just let her get on with it?


How about you give your mother-in-law the support she
needs to keep and train the puppy? Find a good training
program in her area, and sign her up for it. If you live
close together, you can attend with her and help her out
with the training.

To be honest, now doesn't seem to be the right time to
introduce the dog into your home. I'm not sure how
it would get on with the cats, or they with it, but babies
and puppies both take huge amounts of time and energy.

Bizby




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Old August 30th 05, 10:42 PM
Alison
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"David Heggie" wrote in message
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Hi everyone

My mother-in-law recently got herself a puppy that she's struggling

to
cope with. I don't think she really appreciated the time and effort
that goes into looking after and training a dog. Almost every day
she's in tears about the dog and her lack of ability to cope with

it.

I've always been around dogs, and have a had two well behaved dogs

of
my own in the past however I haven't had a dog since I got married

(4
years ago). We've got three oldish cats and a 6 month old baby in

the
house.

I'd dearly love to take the dog off my m-i-l's hands and give it the
attention and home that it deserves (it's a lovely collie-retriever
cross) but I'm concerned about our domestic situation (cats and a
baby).

How should I go about introducing a lively, playful but completely
un-trained puppy (about 6 months old) into our house, or should I

keep
my mouth shut and just let her get on with it?

Thanks,
David


Hi David,
What does your wife think? Who will be caring for the dog in the
day time?
Is there someone who can help your MIL train and exercise the dog?
Alison


 




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