Why couldn't it have been a dog ey, why?
I'd love a dog, bounding alongside me up 'me ill'. Great company, and always look pleased to see you.
I was talking to an elderly arthritic sheepdog today about this very topic.
The owner was most sympathetic when she heard me emptying me heart out to it.
It's the picking up of dog shit, dog hairs all over me car, dog slobber on the windows, dog pong they leave behind everywhere, dog kennel fees when you go away, leaving it in the house alone during the day and if we all go out for an evening, and then of course the ultimate of anguish, because they do actually become part of the family, the absolute trauma you have to go through when they snuff it.
I'm confused and unhappy that it probably isn't going to happen.