Should I get a dog?

[Re:Coverd]

Hi people, I'm 14 and still currently live with my parents. I am debating with them if I should get a dog. My parents think its cruel because i wont be able to give it much attention because im at school 8.00 - 4.00. but i said i would take it for walks before and after school. What do you think?

[No_way]

Get a cat instead

[Re:Coverd]

got 3 , but ty neway

[Airliner]

Do you have one now?

Dogs are great, the greatest pets in my opinion.

[zuki]

cats are better
they're much more smarter,sweet and clean and you don't have to go out and take time for dealing with
my cat sleeps 23,5 hours a day and 15 minutes eats and other stuff like that
and it's just the best

[thenyproject]

Don't get a Boston Terrier.

[cargohi]

Don´t get a dog befor you have time to take care of him. They need alot more then a walk some time. A dog will be your best friend if you treating them good. But it can be more work then you realising to have a dog.

So don´t only think if you wante it or not, do the dog wante the life that you can give him?

[LadyPucksMa]

Dogs don't deserve to be home alone. They are our best friends and when people work, go to school & have much to do away from home, it is not fair to them. I work at night and my husband is home when I am not, I am home when he is not. Our dog is nourishing companionship for us both. Point being, a dog is an important part of of our life. Lately, I have had to travel once a week, 3 hours north of me. That is six hours to & fro, and my appointment takes 2-4hours. So once a week Yoshie would be home alone an entire day. She is so important to us, that my hubby stays home instead driving me. My adult daughter drives me ONLY because we do not want our pooch to be alone so many hours. Any where else we go, and everything else we do, Yoshie comes with us. She loves to ride in the boat like her beloved sister Puck, who went the doggie rainbow last year. When riding in the car Yoshie has a special seat & belt to protect her if there was crash. If dogs live outside and have room to safely romp, like on a farm, and if you more than one, well they would be buddies and being left home wouldn't be an issue.

[zuki]

i understand you love your dog but to put it in a seat and locked with belt isn't it a little cruel?

[xhuga2]

I have had dogs, cats, turtles, rabbits and a crab once as pets. Amongst these four creatures, dogs are the best. When I moved house, my cats felt that the old house and neigborhood was more comfortable so it did not follow me. Plus I once had a burn on my leg and my cat scratched it. I don't know whether it thought it was meat for him .
My dogs on the other hand were lovely. my first dog was female, I called her Duchess but my maid called her Bingo. I called her duchess because she was such an angel, well behaved etc. But she never replied to Duchess, she only replied to Bingo . But she was a lovely dog. I still remember how she used to relax and show her teeth whiles I gave her a tummy rub. Wonderful dog, she gave birth to a lot of pubs. We kept two of her kids. Milo and Ray. Milo was brown but handsome and Ray was pure white when he was born but later became brownish white. Ray was so troublesome, so unruly, very spirited and fun. I remember when Ray was a pub, I would go running with him and he would also suffer to catch up. Six months later, I was the one always trying to catch up. Ray and I could even play football. He would use his nose and front paws. He was such fun. Milo was a good dog. He follow his mother's character but he doesn't like tummy rubs.

I had three turtles, Dipty, Rocky and Sherman. Dipty was eaten by Bingo since he was so small, unfortunately. But Dipty and Rocky liked dancing. It's true, turtles can dance. I played music and hid somewhere I could see them and their dance moves where sick. Rocky after Dipty's death became dull and lonely. He couldn't hang around with Sherman because Sherman was over 30x his size. Sherman was antisocial, he would also go into his shell when anyone came close but he would allow me to stand on his shell and he would sometimes move when I was on him.

My rabbits were cute, they were both white with red eyes. I couldn't decide on a name for them when I had them. They were stolen a week after I bought them .

I don't remember giving my crab a name. I think I called him 'the crab'. The crab was dangerous. He died after two weeks with me. One day I wanted to give him new raw wet plantain and cassava pieces; he had had too many dried ones in his tin cage. I decided to clear them, in the process, he escaped. It was hell from then on. I was trying to put him back in but he wasn't being cooperative. He was snapping his claws at me to tell me not to get close. So I shouted for the maid and she was not cooperative either. She murdered the crab with her shoe. I buried him the next minute and prayed over his soul. I cried. I was cross with the maid from then onwards.

So that's a summary of all the pets I once had.

I wish I had bought a crocodile though. In Addis Ababa, I had wanted to buy one in a town called Sodore but my mom wouldn't allow me. It was a fine little crocodile. Parents are sometimes too mean .

When I was a kid, I wished I could own a lion. I used to see the Ethiopian prime minister fly with a lion on his plane sometimes and would envy him.

I doubt I want pets for now. I am in college 8 months in a year. There will be no one to cater for them. Hopefully in future I will be rich enough to get a lion and a snow leopard for my pets. XD