Don't miss a thing by getting the day's biggest stories sent direct to your inbox About 11 years ago, after always considering myself a cat person, I was suddenly seized by the desire to have a dog in my life.
I’m not sure why this struck me when it did, and to start with I told myself it was madness: think of the commitment, the loss of freedom, the poo to pick up…but the desire didn’t go away, and I started taking regular trips to the local dogs’ home in search of a new family member.
Considering how much I wanted a dog, it’s incredible that it took me about six months to finally choose one – but I had a young family and felt particularly protective of my toddler son; I didn’t want to bring an unfriendly, or even dangerous, animal into
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