02-28-2025, 07:08 AM
I add to the cautionary opinions. When my wife and I got married we got two pound dogs and one was a puppy and a gem. The second was grown and the first night we turned off the lights to go to bed it attacked me. We did not take it back to the pound, but it took a lot of work to get it feeling secure, and honestly, it ended up (actually) on a farm because the first pound dog we got was picking on it so badly. We were young and a little idealistic then, and I wouldn’t do it now. Dogs really like structure and predictability. If you can’t meet their needs, they will misbehave. Plenty of exercise is key. They get bored, so it’s good to be active.