Dog Dilemma

We had our friends David, Jill, and their son Mason over for dinner the other night. Jill manages the vet office where we take Lincoln and told us that they had recently received a litter of beagle/blue tick heeler puppies that needed rescuing. Of course they had pictures to melt our hearts.

It was like they bottled up a little Lincoln DNA and made more of the cutest puppies in the world.

We've spent the past 2 days thinking of reasons we shouldn't get another dog and then refuting every single one of them.

1.) We would have to potty train another dog. I'm home all day, and it's easier to potty train a dog with one who is already trained. Plus, we plan on replacing the carpet with hard wood in the future anyway.

2.)Lincoln is getting older and would get annoyed with having a puppy tugging on him all day. Emery tugs on him all day. This may give him a break. Plus, he could assert some dominance where in Emery's case he cannot. Also, studies have shown that bringing a puppy into a mature dog's house extends the life of that dog, more exercise, more companionship, less moping around, etc.)

3.)Leaving town is harder when you have two dogs. We have been boarding Lincoln at the Vet's office when we go out of town. If we had two dogs, they would put them in a "room" together and would have more space than just staying in a small cage.

4.)We are thinking of extending our family and a new addition would make that more difficult. We would have at least 9 months to get things in order, adjust, and train. A puppy accepts a baby better than a mature dog.

5.) It would be more expensive. Yes it would...but the actual dog is free.

We are really having a hard time coming up with anything terrible to detour us from taking one of these guys home.

I mean look that this little guy...