Reasons Why We Can't Get A Dog

Who's going to take the dog for daily walks when it's raining?

It's not a big space to run around in, and deer sometimes drop in. Either the dog hurts the deer, or goes running off to God knows where.

Cats are easy by comparison, if the kids need to be nagged into feeding her when she's hungry, what hope is there for the dog to be cared for properly?

We can leave the cat alone for a couple of days, or get a cat sitter to drop in on her for longer periods - it's worked well. Getting a dog walker would be more costly.

This one is subjective/personal, but there are a bunch of undesirable behaviours that dogs engage in that I think Is the responsibility of the owners to curb - excessive barking, jumping up, etc. I don't have the time or budget to get this done for a dog.