I don't want to go to far into my personal situation, but needlessly to say, I have some personal difficulties at the moment.
I absolutely adore her. She's a real grounding point for me. If nothing else feels ok, she's still there. Hey live is unconditional and there's nothing else in the world that comes close to her.
But here's the problem - I only have her on weekends at the moment, I live in an apartment...and she's a border collie. I plan my weekends around her and she is with me all the time, I never walk out and leave her by herself for the day/night/whatever. I spend hours walking her/playing with her/taking her outside and make sure she is properly exercised. But at the end of the day... She's still indoors for quote a few hours. Even taking her out as much as I do, she still has heaps of energy. I'm mostly ok with that because I'm pretty happy to sit there and cuddle her (which she is happy to sit still for)... But I still can't help feel like I'm taking the lifestyle away that she really needs.
I'm not dumb about it - I don't think she resents me or even understands what she's missing. But I still feel guilty. I love her and she shows me so much affection too, I can't help but feel like it's only because she doesn't know any better though.
So I guess what I want to hear is whether that's ok/it's selfish/how I'm supposed to know what she wants/what I can do to make sure she's happy. I'm happy to talk about whatever I need to in order to give a proper understanding of the situation. I just want her to be happy, and I don't want to be preventing that for her.
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