I got serious about dealing with my picking and biting of my fingers and nails when last year my fingers got so painful I couldn't type and I realised quite how bad it had got. I started at about 13 years old as a fairly vanilla nail biter and by about 20, when is tarted suffering from some mental health issues, I was regularly pulling off the skin from the tip of my thumb down to the first knuckle. My mental health is well looked after now, but I never stopped picking and biting my hands. To stop I used a combination of Stop n' Grow, chewing gum, carrying clippers and a nail file to remove any hangnails etc imm
I grew up with dogs and have wanted one ever since I left my parents' house. I am finally moving into my own place, have a well paying job and work at home some days. Just starting the process of figuring out if I can provide a good home for a dog of my own, but only experienced with gundogs so looking for input!
Introduction
Will this be your first dog? If not, what experience do you have owning/training dogs?
It will be my first dog, but my family have had working gundogs (primarily English Springer spaniels) my whole life, several of which I've been involved in training from puppies, and I regularly take care of them if my parents are away. Those dogs have been model dogs - w