Pets aren't just about the responsibilities. They are your friends(but they are like my family TBH). Treat them well, and they will treat you back as a family. I have two cats and a dog, and they treat me much better than my human friends IMHO. Well, IMO, that is because they were treated by me like a hooman. LOL.
That is true for you gladly. But you should know quite well what fills up the animal shelters. It is because people are different than you. Many dogs are left alone on the speed track or other places shortly after christmas. People simply have no image of what it means to have a dog. They lose interest, they did not think things through and would like to abandon it like a toy.
Since you are a friend of animals I would have awaited you see the signs or risk the OP is spreading in his post. You surely want that the dog gets a good home. And OP does not sound really suited yet.
Well I might be wrong and she only wrote things the wrong way.