RE: Six Reasons Why Everyone Should Have A Dog
But what if you're allergic to dogs? :D
We have dogs and all your reasons are happy side effects :) We had bigger dogs originally partly because they're excellent deterrants (both for people wandering into your yard and any unsavoury characters thinking about giving you a hard time when you just want to freaking walk down the street in peace) and mostly because we just like dogs. We also have cats and guinea pigs and I have plans to get another dog and ferrets (but sadly no more cats unless we move out to acreage).
Another advantage to dogs is that they're easiest to travel with around here as you can take them camping (as long as you don't go in national parks with them) and some places you can stay are dog-friendly. There's also a few places with alfresco dining that will allow dogs on the outside and put out bowls of water for them, and if you have a friendly one it's a nice way to meet people in the area when you go to the local park and let the dogs play XD
ps - cute puppindawgs! (this got lost when I was originally writing aaargh XD)
also here are my two on one of our day trips :)
I think that would be one of the most unluckiest things in the world, to have dog allergies.
I actually don't have a garden or any land. I live in apartments, but there is a lot of large parks and rivers nearby where I can take the dog and let him off to run around. He always ends up needing a bath every day though. He certainly loves getting filthy..
I can't see the dog on the right very well, but the one on the left is very cute. I can imagine a lot of people stop you when passing by wanting to pet him/her.
I agree! I can cope with the food allergy I have, but I would be so depressed if I was allergic to any other animal (I do actually have a mild bee allergy but they don't usually sting me so it's not usually a problem).
The one on the right is a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel. He's got this adorable bug-eyed look about him and can do puppy eyes perfectly when he thinks you have food XD
The one on the left is a mastiff X ridgey X staffy (we only found out about the ridgey when he was fully grown and he was at the fence barking at an obviously dangerous little old lady meandering down the other side of the road and the ridge came up). He is also adorable and derpy and lovable but only dog lovers want to come pat him, everyone else is terrified of his size and he's not as big as dogs can get :)
I originally didn't think that anything larger than a small dog and apartments could work well. Then my cousin (who lives in an apartment) got herself a rather large husky (or maybe it was a malemute or a cross, I forget), and she made it work, and I learned something new XD