[camile]

Since you asked.................

In that you even raised the question, your answer is, no. Unless a couple, really know they want to start a family, they should wait. Even if they wait forever. Since you feel that you might not be able to care for both children and dogs and you want to keep and eventually add to your dogs, why are you considering a child? Children take an enormous amount of everything, not the least of which is, you. I knew when I was still a child myself, that I wanted a family. I also love and have always had pets, mostly dogs. I will say that when my babies were very small, I didn't have dogs, but my sons were raised in a housefull of pets of all kinds and I felt this was important for their well-balanced up-bringing. There is nothing wrong with people opting out of parenting, in fact, I see many women with kids that should have stuck with a grasshopper. Good luck to you in whatever you decide.