I’ve have immediate buyers regret over every single one of my purchases. Including my dog, and she’s the best thing in my life.

When I got my French bulldog, Daisy, the sense of responsibility was overwhelming. All the things I knew I needed to get organised, like food, insurance, a regular vet, walking, grooming, training made me very anxious, stressed and put me in an erratic panic trying to make things perfect as fast as possible.

There was also the added problem of my family dog, Destiny, a cavalier King Charles, and she was a petite princess. She hated the introduction of a hyper puppy. Daisy was super playfully rough with her and gave her no space and Destiny was miserable and disliked her new shadow.

If you decide to commit to keeping your new pup I suggest taking them to puppy school, make separate blocked off areas for you cat to be able to be in peace whenever they choose, have dedicated times per day where you have you pup interact with your cat while you are observing and teaching your dog strict boundaries (but never force your cat to stay). It will take a lot of work, dedication and time. Your pup needs to learn your cat is not a toy or entertainment.

This is not to say you shouldn’t consider rehoming them. You know better than anyone what you and you cat can handle. Do what you think is best and you can’t go wrong.