Good question! This very question was conversation topic for me last week as a good friend added a third Portugese water dog to her family. Adding another pup to our family strikes fear in my heart. I fear disturbing the harmony of our lives ... how perfect it is right now with my human and 2-dog family. I fear not having the quality time to devote to my fur kids ... I fear having to split myself too many ways to make sure each puppy knows it is loved and I fear how our interaction dynamics may change. Now that the sappy fears are behind, here are the "serious" fears <big grin>: I fear even more globs and clumps of fur during the down-right hairy "blow-your-coat" days, more gouges in the wood floor (which is already looking pretty antiqued now), more poop-scoop duty detail measuring in the double-digit pounds, more ... no less space on my bed at night, more puppy spit during hearty face-to-face hug sessions, more pairs of devoted eyes to watch my every move and, while workmen are around, making sure no one will get me, more soft heads to rub when I'm feeling blue, more sets of ears to listen to my problems or bad singing (both of which no one else in their right mind would want to hear! ;-), more love than a human has any right to expect or deserve. So, in a nutshell, if my house had the room, I'd welcome another ... no, I fear, several more dogs! ;-)
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