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I'm new to the forum - just introduced myself in the "Welcome" area yesterday - and have one big question before we pick up our puppy, Atticus, next week. He is to be my 16-year-old daughter's dog so she will be the one who attends obedience training with him when the time comes for that. (BTW, is that typically started when they are six months old?) He will probably also sleep in a crate in her room and, in general, will probably be bonding mostly with her, though I expect to spend at least a few hours a day most days interacting with him as well (playing, walking and training).
My daughter will be graduating from high school next May and starting college in September of next year. She'll live at home during her first year of college but hopes to find a roommate or two (or three!) to share a house beginning in her second year of college so that she can take Atticus with her. I am, of course, already seeing all the possible problems with that, and am quite prepared for the dog to end up back here with us. My concern is whether this might be traumatic for the dog, since it will have bonded most closely with her.
If anyone has advice for how to prepare for this possible, worst-case scenario, I'd love to hear it.
Thanks,
AnnA
My daughter will be graduating from high school next May and starting college in September of next year. She'll live at home during her first year of college but hopes to find a roommate or two (or three!) to share a house beginning in her second year of college so that she can take Atticus with her. I am, of course, already seeing all the possible problems with that, and am quite prepared for the dog to end up back here with us. My concern is whether this might be traumatic for the dog, since it will have bonded most closely with her.
If anyone has advice for how to prepare for this possible, worst-case scenario, I'd love to hear it.
Thanks,
AnnA