>>Sounds like for the pet, it's hard to have owners! <g>
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>Yes, but children want... :(
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>I promised my daugter to buy a dog if we'll have a house. Fortunately we can't afford a house, just flat... :)

I'm extremely lucky that my daughters preferred guinea pigs... which is about the largest animal we'd allow inside. They are cute, and easy to clean after - they don't leave their pen much. And what noise they make is just a bit of squealing when we have eaten and haven't fed her right after that :).

Best of all: no cleaning after them in the street, no danger of a lawsuit (if it bites anyone, it doesn't hurt) and no organization which would fight for them until they have more rights than people.