Also, I suspect dogs are actually a lot more work to maintain than kids. Changing diapers was actually no big deal at all, but I can't imagine having to pick up my dogs feces from the road (because if you are a nice dog owner, you do that, right?).
>Also, I suspect dogs are actually a lot more work to maintain than kids.
Ha, lets see: a Dog can raise a litter of 6 puppies every year with no effort, but to correctly raise 2 or 3 humans you need the time and income of at least two adults, for a lifetime. Which looks more difficult to you?
Not sure about that: have you had dogs raise 6 puppies in your house?
If you argue like that, kids can be raised much cheaper, too. And there are even examples of kids being raised by wolves, I think? Hm, problem solved: get a dog and a kid, let the dog raise the kid?
Have you raised a kid? lets try another example, you get fed up with the puppies barking all day, you could legally kill them all in the spot (horrible I know, but some people do that).
Now compare that with raising a kid. If HE don't like the food and gets too thin, YOU may end in prison for kid neglecting. So you better cook nice food to your kids. Still think it's easier than a dog?