My wife and I have been strongly considering getting and owning a pet this past few months. It was my idea to get one for ourselves since our other dog, Sushi, a mixed breed Labrador, is all grown up. He's turning three-years old this December 12.
I got the idea of having a toy dog because I envy those pet owners and enthusiasts who take their dogs for a walk and carry them to grocery stores. Aside from those petty reasons, I wanted a toy dog because I wanted to get a baby for the house. We've been married for three years now and having a baby proved too elusive just yet.
I wanted a baby and I want to invest on something that she's going to care and value for, something that could give a life to a home - just like any baby does.
I wanted a Siamese cat. There was a local pet owner selling her kittens for Php 1,500.00 (roughly $33 value).
She didn't like the idea.
So we settled for a dog. I initially wanted a pug.
But my research showed that pug is a bearer of my worst nightmare for a dog-shedding too much hair. I also got to discover that the longer a dog hair grows, the lesser shedding you will get.
She fell in love with the Maltese.
But we couldn't find a local breeder/seller. I checked online shops and the price is not fit for our limited budget. So we zeroed-in with our next choice - Shih Tzu.
Shih Tzus are toy dogs and has long coats and wooly under coats. Also, this type of dog is considered hypoallergenic and is one of the dog breeds that sheds the least hair.
Owning a pet is a big responsibility, parenting one is another issue. We're still considering our options and we're still checking if we are psychologically prepared for this. We are just sure on one thing, we've developed our interest on dogs and we'll never be psychologically prepared until we have our own Shih Tzu.
If its a male, we'll call him Sacchio, if female ...i'll let her decide on it.
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