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[quote=Anonymous]I want to want a dog for the sake of family unity, but I am not there yet. I don’t like the barking, the poop, the shedding, the licking, the scratching up floors and furniture. I don’t want to take a dog into get groomed regularly, pay for vet expenses, figure out what to do with the dog when we go out of town, and walk the dog every day. I also don’t like them sniffing my crotch, and I will admit that about ten years ago I was bitten by a dog and it definitely impacted my feelings about dogs. DH says that it won’t be a lot of work for me because the idea is to make kids walk the dog and clean up after it, but I cannot imagine that the kids will always be doing those things, and they can’t take the kid to the vet and get groomed and buy dog food. I’m a stay at home mom and so there will be lots of times when I’m the only one who can take care of the dog.  I am terrible at being consistent with cleaning, and even dogs that don’t shed much are still going to create more mess, necessitating more cleaning.

But everybody else in the family wants a dog. And I have heard that people who didn’t want dogs but were overruled actually wound up loving them. Plus, when I was a kid (and had lots of time and no responsibilities) I loved dogs. So can I get to the point where I want a dog? You guys love having dogs, right? Will I learn to love a dog if we get one?[/quote]

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