Problem with many modern day dog owners is they don’t realise they amount of work needed, puppy or not. Its why you see increasing annoying flex leads which are convenient child hight because people don’t realise it will take about a year to train a dog to walk with a loose lead, aggressive dogs (because they are scared) and not be trained how to cope and dogs with separation problems because again people don’t realise you have to train a dog to get used to being on its own. You have to train a dog to do everything, it doesn’t just know it straight from being born! If anyone is thinking of getting a dog, its already more work than you’ll anticipate and if you don’t have the time you shouldn’t get one, as it will just incase the amount in rescue centres and when they get full there is only one thing they can do which is just awful. Dogs are awesome if you have the time and they will re-pay you tenfold if you put the effort in. Some people round here don’t even walk their dogs, they seem to think that if they are small and yap at the window that they must be like cats and don’t need walks, jesus wept!