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"I have always loved dogs, ferociously. As an only child, my cocker spaniel Garbo was both my sister and my best friend. When she passed away after 17 years, it was hard to put into words how deeply I felt (and still feel) her absence.For the longest time I never thought I could bear to get another dog. If your grandpa died you wouldn&amp;amp;#8217;t go to the grandpa store and just get another one, right? I felt the same way about Garbo. She wasn&amp;amp;#8217;t just a pet&amp;amp;#8212;she was family. But my mom firmly believes that I should get myself a little puppy dog sometime soon. She thinks that I wouldn&amp;amp;#8217;t even care whether I had a boyfriend because that dog would give me so much unconditional love. Hm&amp;amp;#133;interesting. I guess she has a point; a girl can feel very alone sometimes and needs companionship; someone to scoot into her lap and slobber all over her face at the end of the day&amp;amp;#8212;and let&amp;amp;#8217;s face it, when boys do those things, it&amp;amp;#8217;s annoying. Is this celeb&amp;#x27;s doggy obsession a Do or a Don&amp;#x27;t? And yes, the main appeal of a boyfriend is having someone to take care of and pamper. And boys, as we know, aren&amp;amp;#8217;t always the most grateful creatures. They&amp;amp;#8217;ll shove those homemade cupcakes into their mouths in one thoughtless bite, they put their feet up on our freshly Windexed table and they barely even notice our painful and expensive new bikini wax. We have a great and inexpensive way to pamper your canine! But puppies! They will twirl and wag at the mere mention of bacon and absolutely lose their mind with excitement over a trip to the dog park. Hear some reader advice for your first ever doggy! So maybe my mama is on to something. I&amp;amp;#8217;ve got love to give and a nice little corner of my house that would be just perfect for a fluffy little pound puppy. I mean, I can&amp;amp;#8217;t keep my ex-boyfriend hostage in that cage forever, right? Hee hee! Do you have a puppy? What drawbacks are there&amp;amp;#8212;be honest! Do you wish you&amp;amp;#8217;d waited to get one? Help! P.S.&amp;amp;#8212;it took me forever to find a picture for this article because I literally looked through ALL 60 pages of puppy photos on Getty Images. Sad. Sign up for Glamour.com&amp;amp;#8217;s Style Tips of the Week and Beauty Tip of the Day newsletters! More Ways to Get Glamour You could win $50,000 just for registering or logging in to Glamour.com! Add Glamour to your iGoogle homepage. Follow Shallon on Twitter Photo: Getty Images"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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