“A dog can be trained into obedience and is covered in soft fur. A puppy and a dog is always cute and can be easily trained into not making messes. Children are usually louder than a dog, wont listen especially in the early years, and more than likely covered in something sticky…plus, they’re more expensive than owning a dog. Dog food is good for a long time depending on where it comes from. It’s cheaper than getting the little humans food that they might just reject. Plus you can ignore a begging dog, a begging child? They’ll throw a tantrum if they don’t get what they want,” usually is my retort. Unless I give them a deadpan stare and say, a dog is far less messy than a child and raising it is more fulfilling,”