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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]In OP's defense, I think it's fine to want a dog while also believing that a dog only makes sense if you work from home, and not know if you'll will be working from home for more than say 2 years.  It totally makes sense in that situation to adopt a 10 year old dog that you'd expect to live to about 12, and see how it goes.  If that's OP's line of thought, it's very responsible. [/quote]

Yeah but that wasn't OP's line of thought.

[i]"Will also be looking at a breeds with shorter lifespans just in case. "[/i]

Normally they call those breeds "heartbreak" dogs because the owners love them and they die too soon. But in this case, OP likes them because they will die before they become inconvenient. That's seriously messed up.[/quote]

So if op had mentioned in passing she was referring only looking at long lived breeds because it was a better ROI, or only looking at small breeds because they don’t need as much room, or completely avoiding Golden retrievers because of the risk of high get bills she would be getting equally excoriated? Heaven forbid someone take “convenience” into account when making a commitment to own a pet.

Do people just not engage in casual critical thinking anymore? Because this whole thing feels like compulsive zero sum self-approbation. I hope every dog owner on this thread got their animal by rocking up to their nearest county shelter and taking the first one offered. And I hope they’re totally prepared to spend every last penny they have staving off the day that dog may break their heart, because everyone knows there is nothing more evil than being faced with enduring an unpleasant emotion. Anything else would be hypocrisy and I’m sure the fine folks here would never act the hypocrite  :roll: [/quote]

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