@Vitriol already beat me to the sick burn, but that's such a bizarre mindset to me. Yeah, the dog poops outside. You can't really toilet train a dog like a person. But the pay-off is unconditional love and companionship from a creature who thinks you're the best thing that's ever happened to them.
Then again, that kind of makes sense, coming from you. Your family doesn't like dogs? Are they also similarly callous towards the disabled? Do they talk disparagingly about those with "special needs" less functional than you? Do you ever get the impression they think of you as a burden?
Just asking because I wonder how much of this bizarre behavior is learned from example.