I love cats. I've always been a cat person until I developed horrible, uncontrollable allergies to them. My fi says he wants a dog, and I think I'm allergic to those, too, but not as bad. I don't know if I want a dog - I've never really had one (my family had one that died when I was quite young) and neither of us knows the first thing about training and caring for a dog.
My kids would go nuts for a dog, but I don't think they have any concept of the responsibilities that go with dog ownership (mostly because I dont, either). I'm kind of done with being responsible for another being's poop, ya know? On the other hand . . . two of my sisters just adopted The World's Cutest Puppies and I'm starting to cave.
What do you see as the advantages/disadvantages to having a dog? What things should I be thinking about? This would be a small dog because we have a tiny, tiny house. We both work 40 hours a week, too. is that fair to a dog? Thanks for any advice/insights.