Hi all,
This is a very nervously written post (my first post), as I know this can be an emotive subject.
tl;dr summary: We’re about to get a puppy, we work from home at the moment due to covid. In future, we’re planning to each work part time from home so someone is always around. On days when neither of us can be home we’ll get friends/dog-walkers to come in and take them for a walk.
Looking for any other advice.
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After lots of research we are planning to get a cocker puppy (we veer between working and show, currently looking at a mix), now seems like the ideal time as we’re available all the time for a puppy (it's ideal because we're around and not working, not because it's xmas, they would not be a present). We have 3 kids and a medium sized garden (for London), near lots of parks.
We both work, my wife 4 days and me 5 days, we’ve been working from home for nearly a year now.
I’m aware that at some point, there will be a shift back to an office environment of some kind, but not for many months, but it will happen. As a result I’m planning for that now to ensure it’s not a jolt.
Working practices will change permanently after this period, and our current plan is to work with our employers to both work from home a couple of days a week, so that at least one of us is home throughout the week. If there are occasions where we both have to go into the office, we’ll work with neighbours, others in the street who have dogs/time and local paid for dog walkers to take them out during those days as we’re both slightly too far to pop home at lunch.
Another option is to go in for 1/2 days, then come home at lunch and work from home the second half of days. or vica versa
When they’re old enough I’d like them to be my running buddy.
From everything I’ve read this seems like a plan that could work - I wondered if there was any other advice.