If you’re a dog person, you should get a dog. How do you know if you’re a dog person? If you’re a grown up, and you’ve never owned a dog before, and you didn’t have a dog growing up, just be careful about rushing into dog ownership, it isn’t always as amazing as on the dog food commercials. How do you feel about standing in fresh dog shit in bare feet? The warm pile sluicing up between your toes… So, ‘should I get a dog?’ Hmmmm. Borrow a friends dog for a couple of weeks, then you’ll know. Getting a fully-grown dog is one thing, getting a puppy, just weaned from it’s mother, is another thing entirely. DO NOT get a puppy unless you are totally knowledgeable about what you’re in for. A puppy can be more work than a newborn baby (provided the baby sleeps well!).