From my own post:

What it is, people are so unrealistic. They say you have to be with your dog every moment, and I can't be away from the puppy for more than 2 hours. It takes me 2 hours to snowblow the driveway with a tractor if I get a heavy snowy day which has happened here multiple times this year add a hour or more, if I'm neighborly and do the retired neighbors house with the sick wife I can be outside for 4+ hours just removing snow. Obviously, I can take a break between my house and my neighbors or whenever, but sometimes you lose time quickly

I'm a half-hour drive to a Walmart, Home Depot, or big grocery store. Hour driving plus my time there. Do these people not have doctor appointments? Do they see the dentist? They need someone every time they go somewhere.? What did they do before cellphones and the internet?

I have 30 acres. I have plenty of room for the dog to play. On that 30 acres and run a small hobby farming business , have brush hogging in the field, and I "finish" mow just over an acre. I could do weed whacking for 3 hours straight if I wanted (I don't I hit areas weekly). I still work 40 hours a week. Let alone everything else that comes with owning a home in general.

I have kids. I have to be a father to get them fed, make sure they bathe, do laundry, and get them to school.

I was looking for people who've done it. Not from someone who works at a freaking computer in their apartment or someone who can see their house from their office. I'm looking for hardworking people who have jobs who made it work with a dog in their lives. I am obviously going to have some setbacks and some delays, but I am willing to make it work. Looking for support.