Just wanted to say, thanks for this thread, it as been really helpfull. You've all managed to articulate both sides of the argument that in my head I couldn't get past " But, I want her at home with meeeeeee"
Right now the OH wants to send Wherry to school but I'm not too keen on the idea for a number of reasons, not least missing her. After reading this, a lot of my worries have been answered but the two remaining reasons are:-
I think she will come back a different dog; like some of her cheekiness and playfullness will go and she'll come back a working 'machine'
They say if the dog is trained by a man, she will only listen to a man and vice versa. She will be trained by a man, I am not a man!
Anyone have any advice in relation to those two concerns? Thanks