Go to the animal shelter and get a rescue a dog. It will enrich your life and theirs. If it’s your first dog get one that is reasonably well trained and doesn’t have aggressive behaviour or is a frequent barker.

They should let you spend time with the dogs, play and walk with them to see which one you connect with. Dogs feed off your energy, if you are calm and happy, even a nervous dog will warm up to you in time.

We got our dog as a rescue and it took awhile to get her trained to walk well with us and not pull but we got there. She was a bit nervous when we first got her. I found it effective to kneel beside her, and put my hand on her side and speak to her calmly when she was getting nervous or too energetic.

Best of luck!