Keep in mind that sometimes having a dog can be quite a hardship financially and while in college money is usually scarce. For me, living off campus would have been much more expensive - each person's situation is different. It might be better to wait til you are done with school and have a job and a home before you get a puppy (seems like a long time but it isn't). I volunteered at a local shelter walking dogs while at school, that helped a little bit since I couldn't have a dog.

PS I think Dance is a good name, Tahoe and Dakota are good too but seem pretty common.