Oh I was being heavily sarcastic. I think it makes parents shake their heads when people compare owning a dog to that of a child! ha. After 5 kids tho, you think you could put together a parenting template of sorts...what you figured out from the first couple...and then how you put the process into a structured, reusable form for the last couple, etc! ha. People would love to have something to do half the work for them. I'm overtired, but I hope that sarcastic situation made a little sense.