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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.
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Newb q:
I want to get a dog. A whippet ideally. But my wife is really hesitant. She's worried about the restrictions dog ownership will put on being able to visit non dog-friendly friends and family and on the location and duration of holidays. I'm not sure these are really that big of a deal. Can anyone relate some experience around these concerns?
Neither of us have owned dogs before although we both love them and have them in the extended family. We live in a decent sized house with lots of steep stairs. We're in a small town on the edge of marshes and woods. We have a small garden that I'm keen to discourage the local cats from shitting in and we have two kids, 2 and 5 (both of whom are mad keen for a pet).
Whippet and learn to adapt?