Should You Get A Dog?

Mai Mislang
9 min readJun 12, 2023

It is not for everyone, though it ought to be.

Billy at his favorite dog park

A year into raising a puppy unexpectedly, and reaping tremendous joy from the process, I can certainly vouch for the value that having a dog will add to one’s short life. I hope you get one, or better yet adopt one, especially if you are sometimes constrained by mental health challenges.

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Mai Mislang

Former presidential speechwriter, still a musician; owns a bakery, loves her dog. Tries to write more prose than poetry. Filipina from Manila.