I want a puppy

This has to be the cutest picture I've seen all week. I'm not sure if I would allow a dog this close to a baby, but this picture made me smile. Although I love dogs (hate cats) my family have never been dog people. My only attempt to have a dog was when I was around 9-years-old. A friend of my dads gave us a dalmatian puppy we affectionately named Pirate, because of a large spot around his eye. After about a month with that playful pup, he was taken. I say taken because the gate was open and we never open that gate. I remember coming home from softball practice and Pirate being gone, I cried, and asked  my parents who would take my puppy.

The next attempt at a dog was my brother's mediocre attempt with a miniature doberman pinscher named Sparky aka Guido (Sparky was his official name but only used for about 2 weeks). He was a horrible little thing that scratched everything. I really don't remember how Guido ran away, but I do remember him being spotted about two months later. I then remember my dad and brother going out and trying to find Guido, they were actually able to lure him in, and so Guido was with us another month before he ran away again.

And so ends my brother's and my experience with dogs. Neither experience ends happily, but never the less, I want a puppy, a chocolate lab, I'll name him Mr. Smee :)