Mugsy, thanks so much. The people here are so helpful!!

That's why we're looking into dogs that are a bit older--we don't think we have the proper amount of time to devote to training a puppy, and we know that older dogs don't always get adopted from shelters. We're definitely going to go the shelter route, and we'll probably end up with a mutt--we love them!

Some people say that by adopting an older dog, even one that's just a few months old, you're getting a dog with "baggage"...but we don't see it that way. The dogs I had growing up were adopted at 3 and 7 months, and they were absolutely fine!