I've always wanted a dog, and my brother and sister do too, but our dad is way........ paranoid and thinks that the mess will be too big.  Maybe he's scared of them.... who knows.  What sucks is that (I want a dog when I grow up) when I grow up, I won't have the pleasure of being little and playing with the dog.  I'll just be the dad of the house.  I'm missing out so much!

There's always the question of what KIND of dog to get.  I know almost nothing about dog breeds.  All I know is this:  I want a dog (duh!) and it's going to be cute (duh!), nice (duh!) and won't eat my children! (WHAT!?)