Hey guys,
I adopted a puppy Westie during the beginning of my 4th year. He is now a little over a year old and is house trained. Since it was my 4th year, I always had the time to walk him and take him to the backyard so he can poop and pee. I had never left him alone inside the house for more than 12 hours and he has learned not to poop in the house while I was gone. However, since I'll most likely be working pretty long shifts as an intern I'll have to leave him inside the house for longer periods of time and I'm not sure if he is able to hold his pee/poop for that long.
I'm hoping to rent a house with a backyard during residency and if thats the case I can just install a dog door that leads to the backyard. My parents have offered to take care of him during my busy rotations so that helps too.
People with dogs during medical school, what did you do with the dog when you started internship? Was it difficult?
Thanks!
Michael
I adopted a puppy Westie during the beginning of my 4th year. He is now a little over a year old and is house trained. Since it was my 4th year, I always had the time to walk him and take him to the backyard so he can poop and pee. I had never left him alone inside the house for more than 12 hours and he has learned not to poop in the house while I was gone. However, since I'll most likely be working pretty long shifts as an intern I'll have to leave him inside the house for longer periods of time and I'm not sure if he is able to hold his pee/poop for that long.
I'm hoping to rent a house with a backyard during residency and if thats the case I can just install a dog door that leads to the backyard. My parents have offered to take care of him during my busy rotations so that helps too.
People with dogs during medical school, what did you do with the dog when you started internship? Was it difficult?
Thanks!
Michael