Editor’s Note
The All-Important Dog Question THE BARKING at home has become so spirited lately that I worry the neighbors will complain. Thankfully, it’s pretty easy to get it to stop. Our puppies, brothers Shirley and Furley, who happen to be my human sons channeling their inner canines, usually respond to a stern, “Go back to being Gabriel and Joey!” They’re desperate for a dog, and this ongoing game (which involves a dramatic rescue from the shelter and fetching balled-up socks) is a way of coping with parents who are waffling on a decision. “Should we get a dog?” is a seemingly unanswerable question, one we bring up, and table, on a weekly basis. I wish I didn’t have this hesitation. Many families we know hopped aboard the pandemic puppy train. My husband still pines…