Your Child's First Dog

Today's Topic: Your child starts BEGGING you to get her a dog of her very own. What do you do? For example, how do you prepare your child to take on the huge responsibility of taking care of a dog's everyday needs, like walking, feeding, training, playing, cleaning, and going to the vet, for the duration of the dog's life? And how do you know that your child is even intellectually capable of making such a long-term commitment, knowing full well that you will most likely take...