Go to the rescue centre and get a dog.........there will be one waiting just for you
I have had Clyde for 2 1/2 years and I cannot imagine my life without him, everyday he wakes me up and I smile, what a way to start your day! He keeps me fit with our long meandering walks and he cuts down on the electric bill cause who needs a telly when you can watch a dog playing like a daft un, like when he brings his 'raggy' back for you to throw it again!!
What if someone tries to break in your house and your dog barking frightens them away?
What if he gets loose and the dog warden 'reads his chip and beings him home? What if he comes home by himself? (Clyde ran away from Steve a while ago and Steve knew it was more than his life is worth to come home without him, so he searched and he searched, eventually he decided he had to come home and tell me the awful truth...................and there was Clydie sitting at the gate waiting for someone to open it!)
You will cope when he dies because you will have to, but you will stop thinking about that as you will be having too much fun with him, and all the people at work and people just passing you in the street fussing over him for you to think about that...................and if you 'go' first, he can come and live with Clyde in the sunshine
The benefits WILL outweigh the negatives, because he/she will fill your life with joy and laughter and although they wont dissapear, the negatives will fade to grey...........
Believe me, you aren't the only one who has those thoughts, and they are not so irrational, just don't let them hold you back any longer.................
xx