My wife of 34 years wants another dog, we are dogless right now.
With my health issues right now i say it is not the right time.
If she wants a dog all she has to do is walk to the front door and whistle.
Anywhere between 2 and 6 dogs will appear, all are well mannered and will sit on the couch with her anytime.
They know she always has dog treats for them.
2 pitts, 1lab, 1german shorthair, 1golden retriever, 1 border collie
and some kind of big foxhound. All are a few neighbors dogs.
Why do we need a dog we feed all these anyway. When the owner of 2 of them needs to see his dogs he just texts me to tell them to come home.
When she starts bothering me about a dog i just let the dog pack in the house for a few minutes and she drops the subject.