pry open the mouth hehehe, you are sooo funny lol..... I hear you though, having pets tend to empty your pockets, every time you stick your nose into the vet they charge you 150 dollars, it takes 10 min. tops and you pay and have no idea what in the world could cost so much.
I am very fortunate when it comes to where we live. We live outside Charlotte in NC, on a little dead end road, so it is almost like living on the countryside, but it only takes a couple of min. and we are out on the big road, we have two houses next to eachother, together it is about 2 acres, we rent out the smaller house, but not with the whole backyard, most people dont want that big of a yard to take care of, so we have plenty of room for the dogs. I have suggested other animals too, goats and pigs and chickens but hubby who is not quite on the same page as me there, says sure we can have a pig if we can eat it yuck yuck....... our oldest daughter is a vegitarian so she is getting upset to say the least when he is kidding like that. But I would love to have a couple of the pot belly pigs, they say they are easier to house break than dogs, hmmm wonder if that is true.
Marit