I've been looking at adopting a dog for a while, and for the longest time I was dead set on a Coonhound/Foxhound and considered any dog under 30 lbs to essentially be a cat for effeminate men and a purse accessory for women. But honestly the more research I did the more I realized that all my hang ups of getting a dog are related to big dogs and the breed I really wanted (baying, being able to grab potentially dangerous things on the counter/in my cabinets, food costs, dog walkers, bad recall training etc).
While I was thinking about this I came across
Anyway, look at this cute dog and tell me what disadvantages you've come across having a smaller dog compared to like a 40-60 lb dog. She's a 1 y/o Min Pin mix and 20 lbs but she's so cute 🥰. 
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Little dogs are cheaper and live longer, but their barks are more annoying.
How antisocial are you? When I walk my little dog, people try to pet him a lot. When I walk my big dog, people cross the street to avoid us.
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Those are good points, I'm kind of hoping around 20lbs it's less of a yapping and more of a proper bark which I find much more tolerable but I guess I'll have to find that out because you're right I cannot stand like a Pomeranian. And that makes sense, I guess I wouldn't mind that too much but that is something to think about.
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