Finding the time for your own pets!?

Re: Finding the time for your own pets!?

les punton — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 17:01:38 GMT

my mum only works part time so she has my dog while im working, she walks her too when im at work. however I know fine well that if i didnt have this luxury I would make sure I walked her in the moring b4 work and prob build a kennel for through the day (i live 2 minutes from the surgery) we are not ment to have our dogs at work, although we can have up to 7 staff dogs in the practice at one time.

I know I wouldnt be disiplined enough to get up for any other reason

Re: Finding the time for your own pets!?

Nicola Smith — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 13:48:09 GMT

Kendall now 11 months comes to work with me most of the time except if OH is off, or if we have something possibly contagious in then don't risk it. I walk him before work, in my lunch time and after work. He settles quite happily in a kennl or outside in dog run if weather nice, then has the run of the surgery in between surgery hours usually approx 2 hours each day, when he loves to meet anyone coming in for medication etc!! He has settled into this routine really well as he has done it since a puppy. I also have a fabulous dog sitter/walker who will go to him at home if I have to leave him there, or if I am busy at work and don't get time to out at lunchtime will come and pick him up from work to take him out. She has a key to my house and is a god send as I can always call her if unexpectedly stuck when out etc.

Re: Finding the time for your own pets!?

Saskia Quinn — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 00:53:38 GMT

I have the most handsome greyound in the world!! His name is Ranger - he is a gorgeous orange brindle colour.

Every evening when I come home, I pull into the drive and sit for a few secs, and there he comes, racing so fast he is sideroads at the side of the house he is so pleased to see me!! It really is such a wonderful feeling that an animal has so much love for me!!

Re: Finding the time for your own pets!?

Minnow — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 19:59:01 GMT

When my children were very young I found the same. We can't be miracle workers (although some of us try)our pets have to drop down the pecking order for a while. Now the children are that bit older, the cats are back to first in the food chain.

The payback, for having pets in my life, is that feeling I get when the cats appear apparently from nowhere when I get out of my car and walk along with me to the house. I know they are just after their food but it feels as if I'm wanted.

Of course the children do that too but as teenagers the response is sometimes a bit slower!

Re: Finding the time for your own pets!?

funkyfish — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 19:51:55 GMT

Luckily my Hubby works split shifts and we both work weekends, but rarely the same, so our 2 dogs never get left for more than 4-5 hrs and get 2 walks a day.

I work a mile from home so also come home most lunchtimes to let them out and see to our 4 cats (3 house cats, one goes out). Have tropical fish, Piranha, land snails and a gerbil so they do their own thing. My days off are spent cleaning out, feeding etc. House is now officially full and I am banned from bringing anything else home, until we move........

Re: Finding the time for your own pets!?

Claire Cameron — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 19:32:25 GMT

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Miss VN that is such a cute pic!

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Thanks, just wish they always were that cute and innocent lol

I've just been clearing up a cat toy they decided to pull apart and carry all around the house lol

Re: Finding the time for your own pets!?

Kim Buckley — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 16:20:38 GMT

I still live at home with my mum and sister. When my sister is back from uni for the summer then it's ok because she's around all day and can let my two dogs out. When she's not around we're very lucky to have our nextdoor neighbour who doesn't work due to health reasons and she comes round with her own dog to let my two out and they all have a good run around in the garden together. I also walk them before and after work. Would love to be able to take them to work with me but then everyone would want to do it and between us nurses alone we have 8 dogs!

Re: Finding the time for your own pets!?

Jody Barry — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 15:27:44 GMT

I've got a two year old rottie called Keane, and he gets seperation anxiety if I leave him at my house. Luckily I work three days a week as a lecturer in animal care and he is allowed to college with me. He loves the fuss and it teaches the students to respect the breed and not judge them by how the press percieves them. The two days a week I work in practice he has to go to my parents house while I'm at work! It's very much good practice for having children I think!

Re: Finding the time for your own pets!?

Sally Howe — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 15:24:33 GMT

I take my 3 dogs to the in-laws in the morning on the way to work and hubby picks them up on his way home . The 8 cats please themselves.

I am working very long hours with a long drive on top. I wish I could spend more time with them.

Re: Finding the time for your own pets!?

Vicky RVN — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 15:15:53 GMT

Miss VN that is such a cute pic!

Re: Finding the time for your own pets!?

Freckle — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 23:45:03 GMT

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My two are the same! The place is a total and utter tip but somehow when i get in they are acting cute and all cuddled up together like nothing has happened! And yes i do fall for it!!

We had to get another cat as Luka just wasn't good on his own got upset and thought we wern't comming back... we were like his 6 th home in 2 years!! Bless!! But i would really like to see what they do during the day cos they clearly don't sleep!!

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CAT CAM

wish i could afford it!

Re: Finding the time for your own pets!?

Claire Cameron — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 22:07:26 GMT

Loopy my two kitties remind me of yours

I have a photo somewhere of them play biting each others ears lol but for now here's them together...staying still for one minute only

This was them at about 6months old, they're now about 15months but still as kitten-ish

Re: Finding the time for your own pets!?

Kathryn Welsh — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 15:08:52 GMT

I got my gilry - lab x pointer - about 4months go and don't remember what my life was like without her!! I'm 'lucky' that i live above work so she has the run of the flat allday and if need be someone can let her out for a quick wee at lunchtime but more often than not i'll use my lunch break to take her for a spin round the park rather than actually eat my lunch - good thing for my diet!!! And if i go over to another branch she comes with me and either chills in the office/garden/kennel depending on the weather. She really doesn't care where she goes as long as she's got her tennis ball and chew!! Love her to pieces x x

Re: Finding the time for your own pets!?

loopylou711 — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 00:58:39 GMT

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I have two cats who keep each other company when I am not around - indoor cats as we live in a flat.( Didnt like the idea of a single cat being on their ownsome) Judging by the state of my curtains, chairs , bed, kitchen sometimes when I come in they both lead a very active life without me!

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My two are the same! The place is a total and utter tip but somehow when i get in they are acting cute and all cuddled up together like nothing has happened! And yes i do fall for it!!

Re: Finding the time for your own pets!?

Saskia Quinn — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 23:10:35 GMT

on the subject of our pets, it used to be that the minute I came home from work, no matter how hungry or tired I was, the first thing I done was to feed my pets, anyone else the same??

Now, things will have changed, as my children have come along, however, my dogs are still extremely important to me.

Re: Finding the time for your own pets!?

Diane Westwood — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 23:07:43 GMT

We work different hours so there's someone here most of the day.

Re: Finding the time for your own pets!?

Deemus — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 23:03:53 GMT

I'm lucky in that I live above the practice so Jack always has someone to let him out during the day even if I'm elbow deep in something. OH is usually home by 3pm so no worries there.

I do know what you mean tho when you've been on your feet all day, tired and probably hungry then you realise the dog needs a walk! He's worth it tho, my handsome boy.

Re: Finding the time for your own pets!?

dinkyd — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 21:22:50 GMT

I used to be five minutes along the road from home so managed hime for my lunch hour and Dinks would often get a walk before and after work and sometimes ten minutes round the park at lunch but since moving jobs i cant get home at lunch so my mum picks him up at lunchtime and he spends the rest of the day with he til i get home.

Re: Finding the time for your own pets!?

Minnow — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 21:07:54 GMT

Oh thank god for other half. As nurses we seem to fall for all the sob story cases, the one eyed, three legged diabetics. They just have to come home with us. If my OH wasn't at home, I'd be lost. I leave at 8am & never home before 7pm and then there's the night and weekend duties. I wonder why he groans when he sees me walk in with another pet carrier!

Re: Finding the time for your own pets!?

Sal the 1st — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 20:11:04 GMT

Re: Finding the time for your own pets!?

Mrs Dot Dot — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 17:57:50 GMT

I am lucky enough to be able to take my dog to work everyday... she has a crate in the staffroom and it means that I can take her for a walk at lunchtime.... if I couldn't bring her, I would struggle to keep a dog properly, as I don't always get a proper lunch hour to be able to go home.... I thought long and hard about commiting to a dog (sorry! don't mean to sound psychoanalistic! If there is such a word!) but as I live the closest to home that I've ever lived, working at a practice, I decided that it was now or never...No regrets at all!! She is worth it!

Re: Finding the time for your own pets!?

Dippy — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 17:09:39 GMT

Please see my post in "off duty" re dog training which is kind of related! Thanks.

Re: Finding the time for your own pets!?

Saskia Quinn — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 16:37:52 GMT

I also am very lucky in the fact my mum comes to my house everyday at lunchtime and lets my dogs out for a few hours. We live in the countryside, so its not normally a problem.

Re: Finding the time for your own pets!?

Vicky RVN — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 15:09:57 GMT

I could bring Jack into work with me and do occasionally. He sleeps in the staff room & we've got a large park area about 10min drive away so can take him there at lunch time. However my mum & dad both work part time so he tends to stay at home with them...they don't like it if he's not there, makes the house too empty! 2 days a week (when parents are at work) i have a dog walker come to walk him in the day. My mum is retiring this month so we won't need the dog walker anymore (she's not very happy about it, she's going to miss walking him!).

Re: Finding the time for your own pets!?

wobbliebob — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 13:45:13 GMT

I too am lucky enough to be able to bring Henry to work, so he is quite happy to loung about all day. He gets walked in a morning and evening