<human>: Can you provide a brief rundown of the text in within 3 sentences?

I've been wanting a dog of my own for years, having grown up with them. I've waited because I work a lot and I travel often. My travels are slowing down a bit, my boyfriend (let's call him John) just moved in with me, and we are dying to get a dog. 

Facts: I am gone from 7:30am to 6pm M-F for work (hour drive). I take week-long trips (personal and business) 4-5 times a year. John works only 5 minutes away from home and his hours are flexible. John doesn't drink, so he stays in on nights I want to go out with friends and potentially spend the night at their houses. Ability to devote time to the dog is my only concern--finances and general responsibility are not an issue.

John has agreed to come home at lunch on work days for the first few months and take the dog to his parents on holidays if I go out of town. We are both very active and outdoorsy, so the dog would have plenty of that when we are home.

I'm still just afraid that it wouldn't be fair to leave a dog alone for so long and that we might regret not having the full freedom to do whatever we want and go wherever we want without having to think about the dog. John and I are planning to spend our lives together, and I'm very confident that we will. But if something came between us and we broke up, I would feel horrible about the dog not having as much companionship as I could provide alone. 

Do you think that together we have enough time for a dog? Would greatly appreciate some RL examples of dog/work/life balance, positive and negative...
<bot>: Boyfriend and I both work M-F, I travel 4-5 weeks a year, we want a dog but don't know if we have enough free time for one.