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Let me preface this by saying that for the first 50+ years of my life, I nor my family owned any sort of pet. My aunt had a dog and I stayed with her after school, until my mom got off work, so I've been around dogs since I can remember.
Now on the other hand my wife has had several dogs throughout her life, and she can't see living without a dog or two around the house. She wants a cat again but I'm allergic to them so I'm putting my foot down on that one.
So we have two dogs and yes, it does cramp our style. We do take them to a kennel when we go out of town, and sometimes that's a pain, and even if we're gone somewhere in town it's "we'd like to stay, but we have to go home and let the dogs out" I could do without them but I think since the wife's youngest is 25 she needs something to take care of, the plants just aren't cutting it.
I've appreciated them while working from home, and now I'm not sure they could handle it if I went back to the office. The big one gets bored and destroys stuff if left alone too long.
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