
RP McMurphy questioned: Here’s my situation:
I am watching a golden retriever of some friends of ours for several weeks while they get some landscaping work done on their house. They and their three kids have never really paid much attention to the dog, have always kept her outside and I don’t really reckon they want the dog. My hunch is that when their work is done and it’s time for the dog to go home they will question us if we just want to keep her. I wouldn’t mind doing that, but we have an entrenched cat in the house who wouldn’t take kindly to sharing the roost. Also, since she’s spent her whole life outdoors (5 years or so) I’m wondering if there’s any chance I could “domesticate” her so she could stay indoors.
Any help / thoughts would be appreciated. Thanks.
Thanks everybody for your thoughts. This dog is certainly a sweetheart, I make it a point to play fetch with her for an hour or so a day and she absolutely likes it. I reckon I will bring her in and place her in her crate and see what happens. Right now the cat keeps a watchful eye on the goings on in the backyard from his window perch, it’s really pretty amusing to watch.
Not to bring anyone down, but in the week plus I’ve had her all I’ve gotten from her owners is one email asking how she’s doing. None of the kids are clamoring to come visit her or anything. I know when I was a kid if our dog were to go away somewhere for any length of time I would have been bugging my mom and dad to go for a visit.
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