I want to get a dog but I have to work, how does everyone on broadway market do it ?

My Dad is allergic to my dog. And my partner's parents have a cat who started self harming every time we visited with the dog.
He used to go and stay at my Mum's, but she's now moved abroad. It has been a massive pain in the arse, particularly around times like Xmas, but even if I'd known all that beforehand, I probably still would have got him.

Maybe check with any friends and family you visit regularly first, to see if they'd be alright with you bringing a dog should you get one? And also line up potential dog-sitters for when you have to go somewhere without it.

Can't give much advice regarding non-dog family and holidays, but we got Odie relatively recently (he's nearly 7 month old now - we got him at 11 weeks) and our kids are the same age as yours. They've got sooo much from having him in the house! It's amazing to see both of them learning how to treat him (and vice versa) and I have this notion that having someone at the bottom of the pecking order kind of helps with the sibling equilibrium.

Having said that, it's been far from easy! There are a lot of logistical headaches that having a dog has introduced and then at the end of the day once we've got both kids down to bed, Odie decides he's going to be really hyper until about an hour before we head off to bed ourselves :-)
Definitely worth it, though.

F&F will probably become dog friendlier the more they meet your dog/ realise they see you too little.

Top tip, as mentioned before on here: put your dog into day care (if possible)
My pup loves it, he goes once or twice a week for a morning, 4 hours of tearing about with other dogs, living the dream.
It tires him out and gets him more social. If you can afford it, do it. (we pay £13 for half day or £19 for a full day)
Plus it's an option if Aunt Agnes is adamant the dog cannot come into her house and you really need to keep her on board for the inheritance...

It depends what kind of travel you normally do / plan to do.

• Only a subset of hotels accept pets, and a lot of them try to charge £10/night/dog.
  
• Dog hair / mud /etc in a rental car will get you charged extra cleaning fees.
  
• Forget travelling abroad by plane. You can fly out, but AFAIK it is not possible to travel back into the UK with a dog by air. Your options are car (on a ferry / Eurotunnel) or one of the two ferries that take them with foot passengers. Brexit will doubtless make this even more fun.
  
• Some countries expect or have laws that dogs travel in a crate in cars or on public transport.
  
• Most beaches (UK and other countries) don't allow dogs during summer, except maybe on the scabbier bits either end.
  
• A lot of visitor attractions also ban dogs.
  
  

Which isn't to say travelling with a dog isn't great, but expect to plan your whole trip around it.

If you overcome the obstacles...

This lurcher, a touch bigger than a Whippet is still available

I've had dogs all my life and you have to accept that they bring compromises. For me it's totally worth it for the joy having a dog brings, but if your wife isn't sure, maybe having a dog isn't for you.

That said, many of the restrictions she's brought up can be overcome. You don't have to take your dog with you everywhere you go - they can be left at home for periods of time, you can find local friends/family to look in on them (lots of people love the opportunity to spend time with a dog when they can't have one themselves), or pay a dog walker. Some dogs are fine going into kennels for holidays and there are plenty of agencies for dog sitters (in your home or theirs). Look into crate training or a lockable room for when you have visitors to the house who don't like dogs and get a travel crate for going away.

Your location sounds perfect - a small garden is fine if you have easy access to open spaces. Stairs can be an issue for a pup, but it's easy to section off the house with stairgates (which you must have). And the obvious not leaving small kids alone with a dog.

We've taken Maurice to lots of different countries (cars/trains) and all round the UK. It did force us to stop flying, but my partner was fine with that (hates planes).

We also take him when visiting friends/family unless they're not ok with it. The backup is leaving him with friends, or doggie daycare... the latter is actually preferred as they do such a good job.

A low point was when Marice broke a friend's ankle when she went for a run with him... not ideal.

Viszlas are known to suffer separation anxiety if left alone for too long so pretty much anything over 3 hours and we need dog sitters. This is compounded by one of our dogs not liking children - she got upset by a child behaving unpredictably and has never got over that. This isn’t helped by our other dog being a frustrated greeter, he mouthes a lot and likes to grab hands on guests arrival, it is pure excitement but very intimidating for people not used to dogs. All of this limits our social interactions but given the devoted companionship we get from the dogs we are happy with the compromises we have to make.