<p>I always wonder why people with unstable lives (recent grads, students or otherwise) acquire dogs. I wonder what they are thinking. My in-laws, who loved to move, bought two springer spaniels which they rather cavalierly dumped in a shelter a couple of years later when they decided they wanted to tour the country in a luxury RV and spend their non-traveling time in an urban condo. We could not take these dogs as we lived in an apartment at the time. Please think it through before you acquire an intelligent, needy pet. It’s very selfish and careless not to.</p>
<p>3 dogs, 3 cats and a rabbit. Love them all but would hesitate replacing them. The expense alone means sacrifice in other areas plus you are tied to the house. I do not really love the cats or the rabbit but I love my wife so …</p>