haha i think i wun be getting the dog tt soon..we gotta settle in the house properly first and this yr also got the A's to think abt..we wanna get a puppy so tt it'll be close to the family from young soit'll need quite a bit of house-and -odedience-training so we're thinking of getting it only during the dec hols..and anyways the dog can be put in a dog-pen so tt the muslims wun touch the dog.. i'm thinking of getting a golden retriever, its classified as a "medium sized" dog but this is in comparison to those huge dogs like the siberian husky and alsatian.. haha.. its still quite big tho.. anyways we'll see if the house can accomodate it first.. suddenly dun quite like those small yappy lapdogs.. haha.. and the golden retriever looks so elegant.. and the puppy's soooo cute!!!! hahaha... =)