I went to look at my local shelter and I started to ask the desk staff questions about this sort of thing and he basically just responded the same way you did.

Jeez, alright, man. I get it. My lifestyle would harm a single pet. That’s why I never considered having a companion until meeting my coworker’s cat. I’ll drop the idea.

Thank you lol I will keep that in mind!

I have experience taking care of one dog. I don’t have experience with taking care of multiple pets concurrently and don’t really feel comfortable doing so. I’ve never taken care of a single cat, so immediately jumping into two sounds incredibly daunting and I am quite frankly just not interested in doing so considering I have zero experience in that. It will already have the potential to be complicated enough when my mom visits with her elderly dog.

It is two days with one night in between (drive over Saturday morning and then back Sunday evening). Very rarely one additional night, but I haven’t been wanting to do that lately. I used to drive in on Friday nights. But I have stopped wanting to drive over at night so I just do it the next morning.

Because I don’t feel like I can care for multiple pets as a single person who lives alone? I know some do, but I am not comfortable with that. I don’t understand why that is so odd. As I stated, my situation is exactly why I’ve never entertained this idea to begin with before recently.

My career doesn’t allow me to work from home. Not everyone has that type of a career. I am compensated well for what I do, so I am not interested in changing careers. If my conditions are harmful to a pet, then I won’t get one. That’s why I’m inquiring here.