Thank you for turning such a tragic event into an opportunity to educate! I'm so sorry to hear of your loss and agree that getting a puppy when you have young children ends up taking more time than a lot of people realize. Having children myself and working with animals for a large portion of my life we have always rescued older adult dogs. But again that too can be tricky because they can be set in their ways at that point (the dogs). We have had excellent luck and maybe now that my boys are older the next dog we rescue will be a puppy.
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