This. ⬆️⬆️⬆️ If you are able to, adopting an animal from a rescue would be great. Dogs especially are greeting you at the door with the tail wagging in happiness that you are home. The first dog we adopted was overlooked a lot by others because she was standoffish. She loved my daughter and followed her around the pen in the meet and greet. They even asked us if she was “the one” since she was chill and we said we were an active family. She was weary of others because she probably came from a place where she was abused. She didn’t like or trust grown men until we showed her they were ok with the pack. (She liked my husband immediately when we met her.) She was loyal and loving, and sadly we lost her to cancer about a year and a half after we took her home. But she would relax fully with us, and we were blessed to provide the safe and calm environment where she was not on edge all the time.

You can get so much gently owned and inexpensive furniture on OfferUp, FB Marketplace, Nextdoor, etc.