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LOL! I may not be a dog person but I can laugh at this. I’m not that kind of woman, though, so it doesn’t matter to me one way or the other.
With 7 kids messing up the house, I don’t need inside animals doing the same thing. (Cats are about to become barn cats.) My job is hard enough. I also don’t want piles in the yard for the kids to step in and bring back to the house. Again, I have enough to do without adding that whole angle to my day.
Now, having said that, we are seriously considering a dog now that we live on acreage. We could use the barking alarm and there’s plenty of room to run. The dog will be kept in a large run with access to the inside of the Morton building. Husband and kids can let him out to play and clean up messes if needed.
I’m thankful to my dog loving husband that loved me enough to not try to make my life harder by giving me a dog to take care of on a daily basis while he goes off to work/travels out of town. I appreciate that we are able to compromise like adults should in a situation like this. After being bitten by the dog he had when we got married, I am very reluctant to be around big dogs again. I can handle the farm dog and he can be satisfied with having a dog to run around and play with outside. He’d much rather have me curl up on his lap and greet him at the door than a dog.