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Originally Posted by kdhawks  I understand! Levi is my only dog right now, and he will be my only dog for awhile. I am in grad school right now, so honestly, while I can afford Levi's costs, that is my limit. He is completely spoiled and gets the best of everything, but I'd seriously have to cut back my spending on him to accommodate a second dog. I'm not willing to do that.
It's also much easier to take one dog with me everywhere. Levi and I go out of town about every other weekend to visit friends, family, etc. It would be much harder to take him everywhere and travel as much as we do with more than one dog. He is my perfect little companion and right now I am content with it just being the two of us.
That being said, I do wish for Levi to have a sibling someday. He is much happier when he is around other dogs. Luckily, my brother moved in with us a few months ago. My brother has a one-year-old, 25-pound little mixed breed dog that adores Levi and plays so well with him. They snuggle and play and constantly chase each other around. They are the best of friends and it will be hard to eventually separate the two of them.
I'm attaching a picture of Levi and Dallas. They are so sweet together and I do think it will be unfair if Levi becomes the only dog in my house again. When my brother and Dallas move out, I think I will seriously look into finding a sibling for Levi. Until then, we are perfectly happy with them being here with us! |
See, I live at home with my mom and step-dad and they used to have a dog that lived here. Unfortunately, she got hit by a car and died last summer... so Jackson used to always have a constant companion at home, yet she wasn't MY responsibility, which was nice. They were the best of friends and Jackson was devastated when she died. That would be the best of both worlds... if my mom would just get another dog! LOL. I know she can't though, she works all the time, and it wouldn't be fair to the dog. Jackson is also SO much happier with other dogs... when we stay at my dads house, he is just in Heaven with their two dogs.