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beautiful dog. Congrats.

sounds like you have a good handle on things. Way to go.

I was given a SKS at 14, and a .38 at 15 to go with it. Before that, i always ahd access to a firearm of some type sincce i hit 10, but on the condition of taking it and using it only if my oarents were unable to for any reason. I never once got in trouble with those guns. The rifle sat next to my bed and the revolver was on the nightstand, but i wasnt allowed to touch them unless we were going to shoot them, or i was cleaning them. They also stayed loaded, just in case the need arose for them to be used. We also always had a G. Sheperd in the house at all times, who absolutely hated anyone who wasnt family or a close friend. Not the best disposition for a dog to have, but it worked very well for us when the need came one day.

Having said that, since you said you arent planning on arming him, that is your choice and i respect that. But i also agree with everyone above who recommended a dog. A boy just has to have a good dog, and i'm not talking lap dogs here either.