Should I buy pet supplies on Amazon?

I hate spending money on our dog.

I hate pets in general except for fish. I'm allergic to every type of pet but fish. Pets stink (I challenge you to find a pet store that Febreze could make a dent in). And my kids and wife love our Chihuahua, Izzy. Izzy showed up on our doorstep a week after the neighbors shot our dog, Goldie. So I lost the argument that it was too soon to replace Goldie.

So an outside dog I tolerated was replaced with an inside dog I am incredibly allergic to. Once my asthma is under control, the allergist will let me begin to get allergy shots. My wife thinks it is all in my head. My lungs tell me otherwise. Anyway.

I don't want to spend a lot on pet supplies. I'd already dropped about $1,000 getting Goldie back to health for the kids since she was an abused, abandoned puppy that showed up on our doorstep. After the neighbors killed her while we were on vacation, Izzy showed up and we spent a lot on her getting the same things done. She was older, had obviously been taken care of and somehow lost, and she didn't need as much work. Luckily, she survives on small amounts of food, dropped chips, and stray Cheerios.

But, like all Chihuahuas (I'm guessing since I don't have a frame of reference--Goldie would have eaten a sweater for lunch), Izzy has to have sweaters, leashes, premium food, dog treats, special shampoo, and myriad other things that make her better dressed and fed than me. So, a dog I don't want nor need is costing me money. My wife can order that stuff off Amazon with our monthly budget and I never have to see it.

Me, suspiciously, "Oh, is that a new sweater?" My wife, innocently, "Oh that old thing. Izzy's had that forever."

Plus, she saves money. My wife, not Izzy. Izzy just sleeps on top of the couch or on my pillow when I'm not home so I nearly die in the middle of the night so she isn't going to dignify herself by discount shopping. My wife will shop around on Amazon until she finds the pet supplies she needs and then it arrives at our doorstep in 2 days and I am none the wiser. Now, if only she would buy a pet brush and try to get rid of some of that extra hair. I can't take much more.

When my allergist said dog hair was my worst allergy, I asked, "Does this mean we should get rid of the dog?" Apparently he has been down that road with someone else's wife, because he said, "No. That is a lifestyle decision you and your wife will have to make." Dangit.