Originally Posted by
smartrock
I'm sorry to read of this life change you all are experiencing. My guess is that since Charlie knows and loves you both, he will adapt to being wherever one of you are. Our dogs have always done fine in a new location, hotel room, rental home, visiting family, move to another house, as long as one of us is around and their schedule is fairly consistent. If he has 2 beds or crates he's already familiar with, maybe one bed could go to one place and another to the other. While Charlie may adapt OK, how will you guys manage hand off on weekends, vet care, stuff like that? You don't need to tell us, just think about it since it will require a level of communication you may have wished to avoid. I guess if it doesn't work out to switch him back and forth like that after you've given it a few months, you could always revisit the plan in the future.