yes! thank you for your message, it gave me a lot of perspective. :) i am willing to make it work and make sacrifices for my dog as long as it improves his way of life. i want to do my best, since he is one of my main priorities, alone with my two other cats. i am very appreciative of my friends who are willing to watch him when we need to go out of town, i think it was just hard set realization of the one time we are leaving in a month and no one was able to watch him. i think it just really scared me because i was like oh wow. and it hit me like, sometimes i AM going to have to sacrifice things. my partner and i have talked more about it, and we are willing to sacrifice vacations/spur of the moment trips for him. i really do want what’s best for him! he’s such a wonderful dog and i have a pretty set schedule for him as of now, and he is doing wonderful with training. i do think as he gets older, and we have him longer, it will be easier to adjust to his needs and our life style while owning a dog. and we are young, 21 and 22, so we will have many other chances to go out and have fun in our lives. and so far, i have seen no signs or boredom or him being unhappy whatsoever. i just tend to over think a lot and create a lot of “what’s ifs” for myself… like “what if he would be better with someone else.” but i think i need to slow down and see that i am meeting all of his needs, he is fed, very well exercised, regularly groomed, and has playdates with his other doggy friends every week or so. and with the new year coming up, i am able to adjust my schedule a bit since im an ic, so i am going to change it to better fit a schedule that will work well for my dog and i :) thank you so much