Sorry second post today! DH has severe depression and one of his councillors recommended getting a dog as he loves animals. We have two DC under 6 so it would need to be a breed that was very good around children. We also work so would need to be ok being in the house (we would probably get a walker to come in but only once a day). We would then walk mornings and evenings around work. I only work school hours so it wouldn't be too long of a day for it to be on its own. We had a dog before we had the children, it was a rescue and we loved him more than anything but had to give him to a family member when the DC came as the poor thing was terrified of children and kept biting so we obviously don't want to end up in that situation again.