And Dog Makes Six Our older son started asking for a puppy well over two years ago. He would go through periods of asking almost every day and then back of for a month or two. Susan, who had grown up with a Golden Retriever was also quite interested. Our younger son was neutral on the question. But our daughter and I were the holdouts. Our daughter was worried that we would get an animal, become attached to it and then something bad would happen (not exactly sure where that fear came from). I...