Do you have any advice for a soon-to-be dog owner?

Do you have any advice for a soon-to-be dog owner?
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answer:Look in to health insurance (not always a good option) or start a savings account for routine and emergency medical care. Plan on signing up for obedience classes at the minimum. It will help you develop a language to understand each other with, as well as provide you with a lifetime of a well behaved pet. Find a veterinarian that you like and that takes time to answer any and all questions that you may have. Don’t believe everything that you read on the internet, and don’t believe everything that you hear from well-meaning individuals. Lots of folks have had pets, and most of them consider themselves experts. We all pee, but that doesn’t make us urologists. From a favorite bumper sticker: “Getting veterinary advice from a breeder is like getting gynecological advice form a pimp.”
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