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[LizT]

Dogperson, I know where your mum is coming from. I'm going through this myself at the moment, but from the perspective of a girl who got a dog whilst living with my parents thinking that I'd move out with dog, it'd be fine.

But as it turns out I need to share in order to rent and my dog has behaviourial issues that aren't really conducive to a happy home environment whilst sharing. She is safer at home with my parents and they are fine with it, BUT I never factored this in.

I have also ran into the problem of my dog being very bonded to my parents' dog - my parents' girl is her only canine friend.

I'll always be around in the same area as my girl, but it's not ideal and not something I want to repeat. I am waiting until I am financially able to rent or buy on my own before ever getting another dog. These are only my own personal guidelines based on my stuff-ups. I hope that my next dog has a solid, good temperament and I will do everything in my power to ensure this, but I will also always be thinking worse case scenario from now on.

Thankfully, my parents are much wiser than me and factored this in way before it was even a blip on my radar...

Same here. When I left home I had to make a decision and taking my poodle into a one bedroom apartment, away from my parents and my brother and sisters seemed very selfish. So with his best interest at heart I left him behind.

Strangely within the year I had found a little stray MalteseX that was in a terrible state and I was taking her to the Lost Dogs Home but ended up keeping her (long story) as the place I worked in had a flat and yard attached to the back of the shop and I was allowed by my boss to bring her to work with me everyday!