I voted that I "would not", although I would love to have an English Bulldog puppy one day. So would my husband, but knowing the expense of that breed, and how many others need us so much more, we would probably never bring ourselves to spend that kind of money for a puppy.

Honey and Lilly, my first "puppies", are purebred Golden Retrievers and I don't regret them at all! I "bought" them, at a relatively low cost (have learned a lot of valuable lessons about backyard breeders since then), but they are worth thousands to me and my family, for sure. Murphy, our Lab, was the same way for Scott. Our Zipper is probably a purebred Golden, but came to us as a rescue, and now he's ours, and we are his.

Our cats didn't cost anything. They are precious to us too. And our birds were purchased, and I probably would have paid more, just knowing how much we love them. But I am not likely to buy an expensive, larger bird, just because they don't suit our lifestyle at all.