Whаt wаs thе оnе thing yоu didn't knоw whеn yоu gоt yоur first dоg?

At the time our family got a dog I didn't know that it would require a lot of time and commitment to keep a good care of an animal. There was a thought in my mind that a dog couldn't be fully a part of the family like another person would, since I had already a hamster that didn't that much time off my schedule. After a while with the dog I realized that you need to take her out for walks and not just any type of ones - you need to actually walk more than just a few minutes out there and let her do her business in peace. There's no need to rush the walks and you really need to go to take her out no matter what the weather looks like. You need to go out even when it would be freezing cold or flaming hot. You can't just decide when your dog has to go. If your dog needs to go out in the early hours of a morning, you're going to let her. No exceptions.