> It’s not. You’re choosing to allow a very dirty animal to inhabit your home. There’s a difference. My home with a dog is much cleaner than most of my friends

> It’s not. You’re choosing to allow a very dirty animal to inhabit your home. There’s a difference. My home with a dog is much cleaner than most of my friends with toddlers. My dog keeps herself _mostly_ clean and groomed, my friends kids do _not_. > They also tend to not do things like eat your furniture, can be more regularly bathed, and smell a lot better, too. Not all dogs chew destructively, and most that do tend to have other behavioural issues. Are you really claiming that children _aren't_ destructive to your home? My parents tell the story of the time I decided that the TV character was thirsty so I poured a soda into the VCR over the CRT TV and destroyed both of them. Dogs don't sweat, so they dont' _need_ to be bathed as regularly. Sure she rolls around in crap in the park every few days and gets hosed down in the bath, but that's about the extent of it really. > Oh, and they’re humans. Did I mention that already? Children being human doesn't mean that dogs don't deserve to coexist with us.