Yes! Vehemently opposed. We actually fought over this decision.
We lost our 14 year old German Shepherd to Canine Degenerative Myelopathy on Easter morning. She was our world and he had leaky eyes for days afterwards - even took her picture to work for his desktop. Strange timing, but the friends that gave us our GSD had a litter of Yorkies born the morning after Chatty died. I was offered one.
DH said no. NO! Absolutely not. They're not even real dogs. Why would I want a rat with hair?
Long story short - the next time we were at the house, my friend handed me a puppy and said, hey, I just gave her a bath, can you hold her in this towel until she warms up? I said sure. The puppy looked up at me, licked my chin, and settled down on my chest to nap - and slept there for the next two hours. DH finally caved and said I could have her if I let him take our boat in for maintenance. Deal!
Funny thing is - he's hooked. He loves her. If she isn't in bed at bedtime, he goes and gets her. He cooks her meals. He buys her toys. He plays with her. He gives her belly rubs and tells her she's "Daddy's girl".
The boat still needs maintenance.
