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

That's it, thanks.

I don't really mind him going off, just be good to know where he is. He's not big enough to do damage, only to himself.

It's a great bit of kit for almost half the price of the Garmins. I wouldn't be without mine for Omar due to his tendencies

It seems it doesn't have a map, just directional arrows and distance?

Yeah that's enough for me i just follow the arrow when the gap is getting too big or call/whistle and wait if i can see he's coming back. The x30 has an app for map GPS as well on your phone alongside the handheld compass receiver. More expensive though

Yeah the cost is prohibitive, which is why I didn't buy one before. But I really do need to.

If you genuinely need to rely on it even once it's money well spent. Most of the time I'm out walking Omar now I've got our baby girl in the pram or on my back so i can't just break into a sprint and take off after him like i used to. Having the tracker massively reduces massively reduces my stress levels when we're all out.

Lol same scenario, so I feel for you. I'm walking with my 14mo in a rucksack so can't go bush whacking. When the dog gets on a prey he's off. This morning I had to return the kid to the house and then go find him. He was about 2km away. I don't mind him being out, just as long as I know where so I can go get him if need be. So I think the map one is needed really, so i can sit at home and see where he is.

Yeah you probably do need the map then if he's out roaming whilst your indoors. I only use mine when were all out together so doesn't matter as much. I hope your two are getting on well. Omar and Pippa are still getting on great and she's starting to try and play with him which is nice until she sticks one of his toys in her mouth and she's also started feeding him so we really need to keep an eye on that in case she feeds him her Raisins or anything else that could make him ill or the other way round but so far so good but having both running around does keep you on your toes

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Well we go outdoors together, mostly, but it return and he stays out, whenever he's gone to that day Haha that's cute. The dog isn't too keen on the kid as the kid went through a phase of pulling his hair, lucky Omar with no hair to pull! But the kid feeds the dog too like yours, so they're becoming friends. And I've seen them sharing the same spoon. Germs are good right!

She did go through a grabby stage of pulling his long hair on his ears which he didn't like and would run off so had to manage that teaching her to stroke not pull and reassuring him she's not going to hurt him every time she comes close as he was starting go get jumpy when she was nearby but we seem to have got through that phase pretty smoothly. The only thing we have to be careful of at the moment is he's very protective of the buggy if another dog gets close especially if they approach from behind or the side. This is even with dogs he knows and gets on with. He's not so bad when she's up in carrier so I use that for every walk that doesn't clash with a nap time. Most germs are good for them in the long run and apparently (professional opinion) children raised with animals have stronger immune systems and are far less likely to develop allergies. We try and keep everything clean but don't obsess over it and were we're almost 3 months without as much as a runny nose with Pippa🤞 I'm pretty sure raw meat isn't going to be much good for her though so that's the only area we're really fastidious about.

Ah that's difficult, were in that stage now. Trying to get the dog to chill around the kid. He will growl and then move away. So I'm not too bothered, as he saying leave me alone and then goes off himself. I figure if they kids giving him treats, he will come around eventually. Well done for getting Omar to settle, not easy!

I remember walking with my son attached to my chest in a carrier and our puppy deciding he’d try his first (and last) attempt to walk on water by leaping in a canal. Frantically jettisoned the child onto the bank so I could just get finger tips to the harness of the slowly submerging dog. Fun times.
I had a friend whose massive retriever fell in a lock and he had to climb down and drag the lummox out.

Help me out here dog owners.
We're at a tricky time, we want a dog. BUT:
the 2 adults in the house have very different working patterns (me at home all day, her some days late in town, some days at home)
our eldest kid (12 almost) swims 5 times a week, for at least an hour. on two of those days i have to solo parent and take both kids in the cargo bike and me and the youngest (6) hang out for 1 - 1.5 hours in the spectators gallery.

how is this going to work?

You just have to dedicate that spare hour in your day for a couple of walks. You have a spare hour right?

I walk ours in the morning on the school run then usually take the idiot with me to work. Once school pick up, after school bollocks, dinner, bedtime etc I stand in the park at 8pm chucking a glow in dark ball whilst questioning my life choices.
You may even consider taking your mutt running to kill two birds but quite frankly it ruins any pleasure I get from running :) Stop to pick up poo, carry poo, doggo chasing other animals, doggo has enough and sit down protests… I love him really but I’m not sure it’s reciprocal

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Yeah I think thats what helped us the most when she's started offering treats as he realised she wasn't going to hurt him. All we did was keep an eye on them so when she started getting grabby we'd call him back in with a treat and open her hand flat and we'd show her her to stroke and as soon as she started grabbing gently pull her hand away and repeat. Good luck with it

Yeah those situations are stressful enough when you don't have a child attached to you

Need to buy one of these now after my idiot decided to go on a big adventure this morning.

Mainly it's pools and dogs. And transportation to said pool.
Dogs and pools aren't a good mix right? I mean, it's fine now summer's coming... but it's also not.
LE FUCKING SIGH.

Did they at least come back with any dead animals?

Don't.

Sign up to the walk a dog app or something. Or adopt an old dog or a breed that doesn't need much or any walking.

Naw the wee dick luckily got found by another dog walker that knows him.

I dont know if he got the mouse or not he was away for about 2 hrs. Absolutely fucked up my schedule for work today.

Yeah. THIS IS MY THINKING.

Raw dog food suggestions for a 28kg StaffX? Nori had a recent assessment with a behaviourist and she was very pro raw food diets as a tool to improving health and behaviour.

In fairness Nori aced it but i'd be keen to explore it on the health benefits alone. Prodog do a reasonably priced tester pack but the mixed reviews might rule them out as a longer term solution.

We use Natures Menu raw nuggets, based on Vets recommendation when he was a puppy.
Bosco happily eats it.
He is a lot smaller though, at 8.5kg, he gets 18-20 nuggs a day (half in the morning, half in the evening) and you get about 50 per bag (which is about £5)
Fairly sure cheaper options are out there for bigger dogs, as you would likely be looking at a bag a day for a dog that sized.

My partner and I really want a dog, but our working hours mean that we can’t get one as it would have to be left alone cooped up in the house for hours if not entire working days.

About 5 years ago I joined BorrowMyDoggy and met a couple who were after someone to sporadically walk their 2 Springer Spaniels.

5 years down the line and they only have the one Spaniel (the other was stolen by his parents) and we frequently not only take Daisy out whenever suits us but also take her for the day and occasionally away for the weekend or trip away. The owners also have 2 boys aged 2 and 4 and very hectic work lives so they’re often very happy for us to take Daisy.

If you can find a situation like this then you could be onto a winner.

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