<prompt> Human: Hello beautiful people of Reddit.I am a 22 year old who just graduated college in May 2015. After graduating with my Bachelors Degree, the college that I was attending had a position opening as a Computer Science teacher the major I graduated from. For being well known student by the faculty and graduating with cumulative 4.0 throughout my 4 years, I got offered a position to teach!I currently love my job, but it has forced many hardships in living on my own, etc...Currently I make 950 every 2 weeks after taxesstudent loan payout.So I make 1900 every month take home.EXPENSES: Rent- 550 InternetTV- 107 Electric- 50 Phone- 40 Gas- 50 Food- 300 Going out- 100 So in total of my expenses for the month, I make 1900 and 1197 comes out in expensesfood. This leaves me with roughly 700 to save a month. Ive been working for a few monthshad some money saved up from when I was in college. So my savings right now is currently around 1500 in the bank. So I was wondering Reddit. Is it possible to get a dog in my current state? Money is tight, but not that tight in my opinion; but than again I need other peoples opinions! Thanks so much! Please help me out! EDIT- The dog I plan to ADOPT will be a 1-2 year old Border CollieAustralian Shepard. Adopting because I feel dogs who are older 1-2 should have a second chance; and also the time I have working I will not be able to have a puppy.Assistant: Be prepared to take care of it. I adopted two cats and now they are both sick. One has cancer and the other has a heart condition. The one with cancer I spent 900 a few weeks ago and almost 500 yesterday. I made a commitment to take care of them so I dont mind but just be prepared. You may be able to afford them when they are healthy but think about what happens if they get sick.Human: Thats my concern. I know I can afford one; but if they get sick I want to make sure I can take care of them. Im not the type to just throw a dogs life away. Believe me.  <response>: Pet insurance is the best thing you can do for this. The reality is a 5000 procedure is going to require you to think very carefully about what you do. An out-of-pocket maximum of 600, though, and its a setback, not a problem. It costs more up front but the peace of mind of never having to worry about giving up a family member is worth it. 