Just in case having an infant isn't enough....

My son is now 9 months old, crawling and very close to teething. Which means I have a baby who is always cranky and requires a constant watchful eye, as he gets into EVERYTHING. I'm perfectly content hanging out with him, keeping one eye on him the other on the big screen, where Niko Bellic is running around stealing cars and killing the occasional cop.

My wife, on the other hand, grew up with dogs. Her mother is a professional groomer and has six dogs of her own. We have been living together for a little over six years in my canine-free kingdom but to her it just hasn't been complete.

So last weekend we found something that I can deal with. Jenna, a one-year-old purebred miniature pinscher. Part of the reason I've held out so long from getting a dog is because of all the work that goes into training them. The woman who gave us Jenna is an experienced obedience trainer and works fast - Jenna is already house trained, crate trained, playful without being destructive, affectionate, and even waits until you say "okay" before she walks through a doorway. Plus she weighs less than 10 pounds so she doesn't take up much space at all in my townhouse.

Am I p-whipped? Did I cave? Perhaps. But I'm not at all upset about the situation, as my son loves the dog already and now she can keep him entertained while I kill cops and beat up hookers.