Getting a puppy before the wedding?!

I have a special needs cat. I have to coordinate vacation times with my parents.
My fiance and I want a dog someday, but thankfully we have a lot of neighbors with dogs who have volunteered to dog sit if we need it.
I think the kennel is best for the puppy because they need more around the clock care than adult dogs. I would make sure the puppy has all it's vaccines because kennels can get dirty and you don't want him sick. Also be sure to apply flea and tick treatment to the pup before he goes to the kennel.
My cat caught worms at the kennel, so always be sure to give them preventatives before going.

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Awhhh poor kitty. Yes she is up-to-date on her vaccines! I am gonna get her the flea & tick collar or the drops probably simply because of the area we live in. Our dog now is on the digestible ones, but with it being short timing we probably don't have time to go the route of getting an appointment with our vet, script, and order the meds for her before we leave. Good info to know! We had planned to get a dog after our wedding and honeymoon but life happens sometimes! So we had to come up with arrangements sooner.

We have a yorkie, so since she is so little, when we go out of town we take her to my sisters so she can play with my nephew who is almost a year old. If they can't keep her then we take her to boarding.

Is she's already vaccinated and seen the vet they might write you the script for the flea and tick stuff. My vet can mail it.
And tbh vet scripts are the same as people ones so I've had my vet send a script to CVS and pick it up 🤣
Having the pharmacist shout a pets name in the pick up line is hilarious

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Hahaha I am not sure if they would since the rescue got all her vet work done previously, but if I explain to our vet she's up to date and has been vet checked maybe they will. But vets are always money hungry so they may require a vet visit so they can just cushion their pockets. Like mine won't give our dog his yearly script without a yearly check up

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Have you had good experiences boarding her? Were they basic kennel boarding where they come out to play like 3 times a day, or free play all day then to bed type places? I am not sure which would be better.

Oh if it wasn't your regular vet then yea they probably won't do it.
The vet needs to weigh the dog to dose it correctly or you can burn the skin off. Wrongly dosed flea and tick products are known to poison animals. It's not money hungry so much as making sure everything is accurate.
Will the Kennel take her if she wasn't cleared by your vet? Don't some require vets to give puppies a clear bill of health before kenneling?

View Quoted Comment We have so far! We do the timed play and she goes out 3x a day for 20 - 30 minutes each time for "free play" with the other dogs and we also have her in an indoor/ outdoor room so she can still go out when she wants without the other dogs around.

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Ahhh that makes sense. I forgot about the weight thing. Our dog moved up in weight for his heartworm meds/tick was the same weight. She will be cleared based on the vet paperwork we'll receive from the rescue. They give us all that paperwork and the microchip info. I don't see it being an issue weather it came from our vet or theirs so long as it's document she's UTD on shots!

We have 2 rather large dogs. A Bernese mountain dog and a German Shepherd. We have done it a few ways. Asking friends to stay at our house w them while we are gone (our first priority), staying with one of our parents (usually mine as his parents live 2 hours away), or board them. We have always had really great experiences while boarding them and I feel extremely comfortable with it bc it’s through our vet. Good luck and congrats on the puppy❤️

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Okay great! Yes this seems like the safer option. Does the kennel you take her to have someone there overnight or does everyone leave? The one kennel I looked up did play time by size and temperament which was nice, but then I was put off that nobody works overnight, they all go home. Idk if this is a standard thing I just have to get over

View Quoted Comment The one we take her to has a night crew that sits with the animals just incase something were to happen

We LOVE our vet's office and board both pups with them in a (larger) shared kennel, which works out all right because they're 20 and 30 pounds. They CAN take up a whole king bed (so the humans have to sleep diagonally...), but they can also cuddle together in a decent sized kennel.

It does double the cost, though.

We're in a place where our families are either too far away or have dogs that don't play well with others, so boarding is our best option.

Omg how cute and lovely! Best of luck with everything

I have two dogs. One I adopted right before a cross country trip and we ended up leaving her with my cousin. Big mistake in the puppy stage because he taught her some bad habits that we then had to correct. Now they both just go with me when I go somewhere. I make sure we're at dog friendly places and do research on doggy day cares nearby prior. We just got home to Ohio from a month long trip in California. I crate trained, socialized, and airplane trained them both. My one dog is a task trained service animal though so that kind of helps things as I *can* take her in public if necessary (her tasks are home based, but she's public access trained just in case).

I would board my dogs at my vet. I requested they have the same kennel and my dogs actually loved going there. The staff was in love with my staffy. She was the best dog ever but sadly she passed three years ago. FH knew how much I missed my staffy and got me a 10 week old frenchie! We are having my cousin dog sit him while we get married and go away. I wouldn’t want such a young puppy exposed to the kennel just yet.

I never separate my dogs (I have three) also my bulldog doesn’t leave our home unless my fiancé or I take him somewhere because he can be aggressive towards other animals. So we always find someone we trust to stay in our home and watch all three. It just works so much better for us and I feel they are safer and more comfortable in there home. We have a fenced in yard to do it’s super easy for the person watching them to just let them outside. I would try to either hire someone or have someone stay at your house!

We have been trying to adopt a dog (this would be our first!), but it just took longer than we expected. When we are finally set on getting this specific dog, she had to do a procedure on her foot that would need a few weeks of recovery. We could technically take her after her recovery period, but that only leaves us with about 2 weeks to bond with her, then leave her with strangers (family members lol) when we leave for the honeymoon. That is just unfair for her. I explained this to the foster, and the foster said she will hold her for us until we get back! Bless her! We can't wait!

Not exactly the same situation but close enough. ^^

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Awhhh that's great they are holding her for you! I was considering just asking the foster mom to watch her while we go on a honeymoon but that might be intrusive and she might get another foster dog in the mean time anyway and they already have like 3 dogs of their own! We will make it work. Our little pup actually had a hairline fracture that healed over because the girl who surrendered her didn't fix it then didn't want her. She has a slight limp (barely noticeable really) and her leg has like an extra bulge on it. We have to give her special vitamins to prevent arthritis in old age. That's why nobody wanted her. The vitamins aren't really that much more money and it's like buying human vitamins. You buy a bottle that lasts 3 to 4 months so it's not technically a monthly expense. FH & I talked about how we'll see in the future with our vet if there is anything they could/should do to her leg surgery wise, but otherwise the rescue's vet said it's healed over and nothing to do about it for the time being without being invasive for a puppy. She uses it just fine and it doesn't hurt her!