We have all done it, gone out shopping or seen something we like and we buy it disregarding the cost of keeping it and especially in a recession.
Why do we do it?
Because the urge to own what we like is greater than the urge to be sensible.
That is okay if it is an object we can stick in a shed or outhouse and forget it for a while , but if the object is a living breathing Dog then we are in trouble. That is all about commitment for the next ten to fifteen years.