1. labrador retriever - because it's big, intelligent, friendly and easy to train.
2. samoyed - because it's pretty big, very pretty, intelligent (but possibly too willful to train well) and affectionate. (please like me the best..)
3. japanese spitz - smaller version of the samoyed, easier to train, more playful. but too small, maybe?
4. shiba inu - looks like a fox (i like), intelligent, clean, trainable.. but independent. which could be good, actually.
5. pembroke welsh corgi - protective, devoted, favourite breed of queen elizabeth II (random trivia, though). but it's too short and i don't like dogs nipping at my heels.

okay this is why i can never finish studying anything ever. too much brainspace taken up by dreams of dogs that i've wanted ever since i could remember. funny how parents always get these little pets for their children when they want dogs or cats. first they got us terapins, then someone gave us birds, then hamsters.. and now we've finally convinced them to just get the dog. i think they're mellowing. either that or old age really is a scary lonely time, in which case i'd better marry someone just in case, in addition to the nice big dog i plan to have.