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Originally Posted by girldetective
Im worried about taking care of the dude/tte alone. Ive never really taken care of any living thing by myself except a bird.
Im also worried about what the unk said.
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This is partly what I was referring to by "permanent 3-year-old." Urban dog owners cannot just let a dog shit or piss anywhere. It's not the same or as involved as changing diapers, but the principle is the same. You have to constantly manage a dog's "potty schedule" even if you have a fenced backyard (i.e. you don't want them to go in the house), and you will need to clean up after them.
But humans have been domesticating dogs for centuries. We have learned how to prevent them from defecating where we eat and sleep. 
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Last edited by Baraka_Guru; 01-01-2010 at 11:47 AM..
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