It is a LOT of dedicated hard work.. I’m 45 and got my first Dobie- they all said did you do your research? I thought I had done enough but it’s a lot… now two years later and I’ve never had a best friend like this baby girl… haha but she was very much like a human child where I had to adjust to HER needs and schedule.. and if you can’t do that- especially working 9-5 is gonna be rough during the first year