Sounds correct.  Was just citing one example where intonation was different, so she was getting the interpretation correct through some other means.

Good you're responsible enough not to get a dog when you feel you can't take care of it.  Stinks to see such a dependent pack animal ignored.  I stopped having dogs for the same reason. I got a black lab who was wonderful (the bi-lingual one...lol).  But, I'm gone all day, so she'd be stuck alone in the back yard. Then when I'd come home, often I wouldn't have much time to be with her. I gave her to a retired lady who had a blonde lab.  Now she has good company all the time.

Kudos to you.