Sadly, she's elderly. She is a rescue dog, many years ago. She was adopted by my DS/DDiL before they had children. Eventually 3 babies a year apart and 2 dogs were too much for them, so we adopted Emma and Daisy into our home. We had Buster....now we are down to only Emma. She's at least 13. We never had a dog when our DSs were young. When the time comes for you to get one, you'll know!
I'm hoping that DS will want a dog...but he shows no signs. We have 2 cats and I love them dearly because they are a lot more independent and don't demand attention (too much).