People: Mom Doesn’t Want to Get Daughter, 15, a Dog Because She Doesn’t Want ‘the Responsibility’ When the Teen Goes to College "A dog is a minimum of a 15-year commitment," the mother said A mom doesn't want to get her daughter a dog and then have to deal with the "responsibility" of the canine once the teen goes away to ... Mom Doesn’t Want to Get Daughter, 15, a Dog Because She Doesn’t Want ‘the Responsibility’ When the Teen Goes to College Yahoo: "A dog is a minimum of a 15-year commitment," the mother said “A dog is a minimum of a 15-year commitment," the woman, who has had dogs as pets in the past, wrote in a Reddit post One commentator suggested that the daughter should instead “channel her desire for ... "A dog is a minimum of a 15-year commitment," the mother said