What do you do with your dogs during the day?
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We won't be able to come home to our dogs in the middle of the day any more, and not sure what to do with them.
They get a long walk/run before and after work, but they need out in the middle of the day too.
Absolute cheapest we've found a local dog walker is £10 per dog. That's over £400 a month for a single short walk a day
They sometimes spend the day in a large kennel in the garden and they're both happy there - so we've thought of extending the run to include and area of garden where they can toilet. But that seems... wrong. Even with a big run I don't like the thought of caging them in with their poop
They get a long walk/run before and after work, but they need out in the middle of the day too.
Absolute cheapest we've found a local dog walker is £10 per dog. That's over £400 a month for a single short walk a day
They sometimes spend the day in a large kennel in the garden and they're both happy there - so we've thought of extending the run to include and area of garden where they can toilet. But that seems... wrong. Even with a big run I don't like the thought of caging them in with their poop
In Scotland.
Dog day care would be the ideal option, I'd love to do it but the cost is so high! The cheapest I could find locally is £30 per day for two dogs if we take a long "subscription", and it's not a particularly nice place. The nicer one is another £10pd.
... I could literally buy the dogs their very own detached 3 bedroom house with a large garden and the mortgage would be cheaper than dog daycare.
... I could find a friend on minimum wage, ask them to quit their job and hire them as a full-time slave for my dogs and it would be the same price as dog daycare.
Even dog-walker rates seem far too high. Compared to the cheapest local dog-walker, I could rent a small flat near my work where I drop the dogs off in the morning and walk them myself at lunchtime - that would be £80 per month CHEAPER than paying a dog-walker for a single walk per day.
The dog walker charges more per hour (for 2 dogs) than I did as a freelance software developer with 10 years experience.
I think the idea of extending the kennel into a doggy-palace with a bathroom area is looking more appealing. I could spend thousands on it and make it all back in savings over a dog walker in a few months.
Dog day care would be the ideal option, I'd love to do it but the cost is so high! The cheapest I could find locally is £30 per day for two dogs if we take a long "subscription", and it's not a particularly nice place. The nicer one is another £10pd.
... I could literally buy the dogs their very own detached 3 bedroom house with a large garden and the mortgage would be cheaper than dog daycare.
... I could find a friend on minimum wage, ask them to quit their job and hire them as a full-time slave for my dogs and it would be the same price as dog daycare.
Even dog-walker rates seem far too high. Compared to the cheapest local dog-walker, I could rent a small flat near my work where I drop the dogs off in the morning and walk them myself at lunchtime - that would be £80 per month CHEAPER than paying a dog-walker for a single walk per day.
The dog walker charges more per hour (for 2 dogs) than I did as a freelance software developer with 10 years experience.
I think the idea of extending the kennel into a doggy-palace with a bathroom area is looking more appealing. I could spend thousands on it and make it all back in savings over a dog walker in a few months.
Edited by AAz01 on Friday 4th March 14:13
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