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While I love animals of all types, I never really considered having dogs as a pet. I’m much more of a cat person. Dogs are the ‘fun to play with, cute to watch, but too needy to bring home’ kind of animal to me. The same loyalty and attention that most people love is what makes me feel overwhelmed and suffocated. I certainly didn’t want to have to walk it and pick up after it all the time. But beyond that, a very basic reason I never begged for one as a kid was the smell. I didn’t really meet a dog that didn’t smell strongly to me until 2010. Perhaps I’m just more sensitive to that sort of thing, but when I finally found a breed that was super cute AND relatively scentless, I was enthralled. Enter the white Pomeranian – sometimes they can be yappers, but the ones I’ve met were pretty good about just panting rather than barking. Their fur is so fluffy, they’ve got adorable little button noses, and they don’t make me gag, even a little. Amazing! They’re the first breed of dog I’ve actually wanted to own! To me, that makes them great.