If you're not going to travel with your dog, I really think you should reconsider owning one. It just wouldn't be fair. No matter how good a kennel or dog watcher is, that is too much not being home to be good for the dog's psyche.
However, that doesn't mean not having a dog in your home. You could become a foster parent for one of the rescue groups. Obviously, you couldn't do long-term rescue but you could do the short-term emergency care. This is something truly needed and you really would get your doggy fix plus helping give a dog some love and a chance for a forever home.
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Army/embassy brat - traveled too much to mention
Moved here from SF Bay Area (East Bay)
"There are only two ways to live your life: One is as though nothing is a miracle; the other is as though everything is a miracle." Albert Einstein
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