On long work days her seventy-year-old neighbour stepped in and took care of Barney for her.
If we go from reading the books, she’s away from home more than she’s there, and that to me is just wrong. I know it’s a fictional dog and a fictional character, but in reality it would be wrong & cruel to have a pet you just don’t have the time for, it’s like he’s her emotional crutch when she is home, without her thinking about the dogs needs emotionally.
