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323 sats \ 2 replies \ @siggy47 6 Dec 2023 \ on: How to approach getting a dog? Dogs_And_Cats
From my experience, you'll be a great dog owner simply because you've given it so much thought before you even get a dog. There are lots of people who just get a dog on a whim, without thinking it through, and that's a recipe for disaster.
Your life situation is an important factor. Married, single, kids? Does your work involve being away from home all day?
Read a book or two on training before you get the dog. I have always gotten puppies, so I can't speak to adopting an adult dog.
One thing I do believe in is crate training. I'm an easy going guy and I don't train my dogs to the point that they're little robots, but I take housebreaking seriously. It's a painless experience once you learn to crate train properly.
From my experience, you'll be a great dog owner simply because you've given it so much thought before you even get a dog.
Mhh, might be true but I would say I just have a ton of questions. But haven't found satisfying answers yet. But I also haven't read a book yet and so on :) Still early on my journey.
There are lots of people who just get a dog on a whim, without thinking it through, and that's a recipe for disaster.
I know right? I can relate so little with giving someone a dog as a present (or even a kid!).
Surprising someone more or less with a dog sounds like the absolute opposite of what you're supposed to do, lol. More or less since they probably have mentioned some interest in the past already.
Thankfully, I don't know anyone in my social circle who did something like this ... not sure if I would be able to not intervene, lol.
I feel like (I am pretty sure) I can connect with animals much better than with other humans. Even though I will probably never (lol, still optimistic about this) fully understand my dog and my dog will never fully understand me, in some way, it will be just fine. I will know that he is trying his best and he or she knows that I am trying my best and that's all what counts, right?
Sometimes, I just go outside to look at the birds or any kind of animal I can find and be mesmerized. It feels like we humans don't see the forest for the trees when it comes to what life is about. Animals have it all figured out. And sometimes, it even feels like they know they got it all figured out and they look at us like:
"Look at these bipods. Walking around mindlessly all day, being unhappy with their lives, eating all that thrash, complaining all the time and wasting their lives with whatever they're doing looking at these rectangles. Sometimes, they even kill themselves while fucking everything around them up, being in a worse shape than before. Isn't it sad to look at?"
anyway ... i don't want to compare myself with such people. it's a pretty low standard, lol. i don't want to think about them at all. it just makes me too angry and I would consider myself a person that doesn't get angry easily, lol
Married, single, kids?
Unmarried, single since recently, no kids
Read a book or two on training before you get the dog.
So many books to read :) Still reading Broken Money atm. But maybe I'll start with reading multiple books at the same time :)
One thing I do believe in is crate training. I'm an easy going guy and I don't train my dogs to the point that they're little robots, but I take housebreaking seriously. It's a painless experience once you learn to crate train properly.
looks up what crate training is
Damn, all this stuff that immediately makes sense when you read about it but you would have never came up with this on your own. The internet is truly a life saver sometimes :)
Yeah, my biggest worry is that I won't be able to train my dog properly and I will know that it's 100% my fault.
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Does your work involve being away from home all day?
Forgot to answer to this and my internet keeps cutting out right now so I wasn't able to edit in time ...
No, not at all :) Being a software engineer working fully remote must be the ideal position to have to raise a dog 🤔
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