My husband is a meathead...(joke, honey...i love you!) I never listen to him when it comes to pets. lol. It was his idea first. He gave me a heart attack the day after Ted left by bringing up getting a female dog. I told him no way in heck. -I didn't want to chance getting heartbroken again. But I'm already craving! I'm thinking my odds will be better with an adult. It's so hard to tell how a baby puppy is going to turn out. I am a pretty forgiving mommy, my big dogs have put me through heck many times...But Ted was just way to much.