Comments | bookturtle: "One Nation Under Dog"

bookturtle

"One Nation Under Dog"

Apr 21, 2009 20:57

Cute title for a book, isn't it? I heard about it on NPR and chatted with some friends about it a while back. Well, now I'm about to be a dog owner myself, and the comment about dropping a few hundred bucks on the first day of dog ownership is relevant. M and I went shopping yesterday for dog gear even though we don't pick up the dog until ( Read more... )

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8bitnintendo April 22 2009, 16:57:36 UTC

I am totally jealous of your dog! I need to figure out whether I can organize my life so that I can have one. It will probably require a 3-5 year plan.

8bitnintendo April 22 2009, 18:50:34 UTC

Ack! I didn't start planning 3-5 years ago, just a year ago. Perhaps I should worry about not planning enough now... :-) M is teasing me for already planning my next car purchase (possibly a Honda Element or Toyota Scion, in about 3 years) around having one-two dogs.

8bitnintendo April 22 2009, 19:06:12 UTC

Well, you are advantaged in that you have a rental that allows pets and a two-dog-walker household, plus a car a dog can actually fit in :) I've got a single person living situation, a no-pets apartment complex, and a Miata!

My next car will definitely have more passenger/trunk space and be more suitable for camping. I'm considering hatchbacks like the Mazda 3 and the Ford Escape, among others. However, it might be a long time before my current car dies (it's only 12, after all), and I'm too cheap to buy a car before I have to.