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I used to really want children, then when I got my gorgeous baby boy puppy and watched him grow I now feel so content with him and the thought of another doggy. I still think about having kids but I don't long and long for it now. Does anyone else feel like this or wants only their dogs and not kids? I still want children at some point but I'm kind of at that stage where I could be very happy having my dogs instead.

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I love my dogs, but wanted children, so it wasn't one or the other. I think I have dogs (apart from the fact I am besotted by all things dog related) because I have a need to love and look after something which having a dog gives me. The dogs did take a little bit of a back seat when the kids were young, but never really in comparison to how other people think you should bring up dogs :laugh:

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I never felt I would be a good parent so consciously never had children. I've always loved dogs so always owned one (or three). But I have never considered them replacement children. Having no children has just meant I can make different choices as an adult because I am not devoting time, money and space to raising any.

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Being blunt, I hate kids and have no desire to spawn them. I don't want to raise them, teach them or nurture them and I've been like this since about age 13.

Dogs are not a replacement in my eyes; I love dogs and everything that comes with caring for them. For me it's more about how I feel and I have no feelings for having kids -- it's not what my life is for.

My mum on the other hand ... Approaching 70 and she'd love more kids of her own :eek:

Edit: maybe I don't hate kids, because that's s strong word, but I just don't think about them. They're not part of my life and I don't go out of my way to interact with them either. To me kids are more of a "blah" thing.

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I have two kids with another on the way and five dogs, I would have been quite content never having kids and devoting all my spare time to my dogs but that is not how my life has played out.

My kids are part of my life that will grow up and leave home where my dogs are my life and everything revolves around them.

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I have 3 grown up kids but the wife mostly took care of them until they were old enough to hang around with me while I played with my toys. I definitely don't want any more and dogs are definitely different much more dependent over there lifetime. Taking care of Jonah and Jesse is the 1st time I have been totally responsible for the care of another being and its a bit daunting sometimes

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Never wanted kids. Occasionally wanted a partner and thought I might have a kid with the right bloke but pretty much gone off the idea of partnering up too.

And soon I will be too old. Which doesn't bother me at all. That fact bothers other people, that I'm not into having my own human family.

I do like having a dog. Sometimes I wouldn't mind having a horse - if I had an infinite amount of money I might have a city house and a country house with horses and people to help out around the place.

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I don't want kids (quite like them though), but the dogs are not replacement children they are dogs they get treated as such.

MrsRB I'm the same. I thought for a while it would be nice to shack up and have a minion. But I am now at the age where it is getting too late for my liking and I much prefer my own company.

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I don't have children but have never viewed the choice as either/or.

It's a personal thing. I do know that my dogs love kids and enjoy spending time with them. :)

I also make sure every pup meets kids and spends time with them - it's an important thing to ensure they are socialised with nice kids.

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My fave sis has two Westies, and never had kids. She's now attempting to support my parenting two teen girls. God help her, they are both vile lately.

And we also have Ernie, the goofball Labrador who's hit HIS teen years.

Yesterday we had:

1 meltdown over who was hogging the hair straightener

2 tantrums over why there was never any 'healthy' good food in the house (wtf?)

1 'I hate you' because no midweek riding in cars with boys

1 sulkfest because bedtime is earlier for one

1 grossly over fed dog who's learned how the pedal bin on his kibble works

1 gas mask night (see above)

In my next life, I'm collecting stamps.

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I like kids but have no interest in having them. That may change later (I'm the potential custody owner for 3 kids if disaster strikes) but doubt it. Fingers crossed.

I don't see it as an either/or situation and I definitely do not see the dog as a replacement child. My choice on dogs and children are seperate from each other.

I might foster(children) later down the track though. Undecided, will see when the time is right.

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When my girl had her first litter of puppies, my mother said: "If I'd have known that puppies were so much easier than kids, you guys would never have been born."

I like older kids, but please, not full time. I'm pretty turned off by babies. I'm with others. Dogs are dogs . . . not a substitute for kids.

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I have both and would have always had both. I was watching Sid with my youngest son on the weekend, they have such a bond it almost made me wonder if Sid's life would be less enjoyable if he didn't have Ed. Which is silly, but it's just so lovely to see them hang out together.

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I've always had dogs and always will. I have a baby on the way which wasn't planned but which we are really happy about and I am glad that she will grow up with dogs :). I don't think it's an either/or thing. I'd have dogs whether or not I had kids.

Same boat here, we didn't plan on kids or not yet anyway but we did plan on dogs.

Wouldn't change either for the world though, and like Huga said kids and dogs have a secret bond us adults couldn't replicate or understand if we tried sometimes.

Not sure which is easier yet, ask me in a few years!

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