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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I couldn't imagine not having my two dogs but good lord it's so much extra work.  They do things like leave diarrhea all over the carpet, or eat a pile of grapes at 11pm so you have to go get their stomachs pumped in the middle of the night, make sure they get lots of attention, walks, grooming.  Kenneling them is expensive on trips.  So much extra cleaning, mopping, vacuuming.  Just don't.[/quote]

Um, I don't mean this in a cruel way but my dog has zero access to food except hers. Why does your dog have access to grapes? If you want your dog's stomach to be kind to your carpet, have a clean house and be careful about what they put in their mouth. We got a dog that has hair rather than fur so almost no shedding, we brush her almost each night while watching a show or talking with each other - it takes five minutes, and we trained her and trained our kids on how to uphold that training. She knows not to put anything in her mouth that she finds on walks, she knows the terms "drop it" and "leave it", and we find her very easy. We have a house/dog sitter when we travel. Much more comfortable for the dog, and we like knowing someone's watching our house, watering the plants, taking in the mail, turning on and off lights, etc. [/quote]

If you have never, ever left food out on a counter for 15 minutes and absent mindedly put the kids to bed only to come back later and realized one of the dogs went counter surfing then, well you're just a far better person than I am.  But it only took that one time.[/quote]

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