Recommend a dog breed for widowed aunt?
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Lazermilk said:
5 figures? 
It wouldn’t need much excercise but they do have health issues from what I’ve heard.
We have the French variety and he’s had issues with allergies, seems to be more or less under control for now but it’s not cheap at the vets, although insurance helps.
He isn’t a great gaurd dog either, usually asleep so doesn’t hear anything
Although when he hears someone at the door he will alert us, they very rarely bark for no reason.
Wouldn’t change him for the world though!
A friends eldest daughter is a vet & she has said that when someone turns up to register a bulldog puppy (esp female), it's time to break out the Spanish holiday villa brochures...She's not entirely joking. Don't know if this is correct, & I know they don't need a lot of exercise, but for an elderly relative, they seem like a big strong dog? CFIt wouldn’t need much excercise but they do have health issues from what I’ve heard.
We have the French variety and he’s had issues with allergies, seems to be more or less under control for now but it’s not cheap at the vets, although insurance helps.
He isn’t a great gaurd dog either, usually asleep so doesn’t hear anything
Although when he hears someone at the door he will alert us, they very rarely bark for no reason.
Wouldn’t change him for the world though!
How about trying one of the dog sharing apps first. My 82 year old Mum does this for the dog of a local young family. They drop their dog (collie cross) off when they go to work, she looks after it during the day and takes it for a walk or two, then they pick it up in the evening. Dog "ownership" with none of the cost and far less responsibility. Also I've got the reassurance that someone is looking in on my elderly Mum everyday (I live a fair bit away).
She gets the occasional overnight stay too. Its a gentle way to be introduced to dog ownership where you can go just as far as you can manage, with far less worries.
She gets the occasional overnight stay too. Its a gentle way to be introduced to dog ownership where you can go just as far as you can manage, with far less worries.
Vanordinaire said:
How about trying one of the dog sharing apps first. My 82 year old Mum does this for the dog of a local young family. They drop their dog (collie cross) off when they go to work, she looks after it during the day and takes it for a walk or two, then they pick it up in the evening. Dog "ownership" with none of the cost and far less responsibility. Also I've got the reassurance that someone is looking in on my elderly Mum everyday (I live a fair bit away).
She gets the occasional overnight stay too. Its a gentle way to be introduced to dog ownership where you can go just as far as you can manage, with far less worries.
Quite agree.She gets the occasional overnight stay too. Its a gentle way to be introduced to dog ownership where you can go just as far as you can manage, with far less worries.
This is a different version of what I said on October 8th.
A dog is too demanding and potentially too expensive for an elderly lady living alone. Walk someone else's dog, do a bit of dog sitting, but don't give her a dog of her own.
It's a gift which could turn round to bite her.
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