Last month we bought a little dog for our 2 year-old daughter. Few children of her age lived near our house and we thought a dog would make her happy. We were r. They played together happily all day: Our daughter now smiles and laughs much mthan before. In a way, it is like having two children in the house. Both of them are very dirty and they cry w they don't get what they want. The dog is easier to look after than my daughter. He a eats up his food and we don't have many clothes to w. My wife is very happy because I have stopped s. The dog doesn't like the smell.