MyDogsLoveMe said:
Cam, no one can tell you you should or should not get a dog
Actually, yes we can. She just doesn't have to listen.
For what its worth, when I was in college, we had a house dog as well. It was terrible. Because no one was the "owner" various people (not all, but some) took great delight in tormenting it. Sickening, really. Finally, someone realized that the dog needed a good home, and they adopted it and took it out of the situation.
At a later time, another member got their own dog which lived with them in the house, and that was much, much better. Everyone knew it belonged to that member, and no one dared do anything improper to another member's dog. It worked out well, until someone left a door open, it ran outside and was killed by a car.
If you have your heart set, I would strongly recomend that you personally take this responsibility on yourself, and you personally be the owner. That is the only way you are going to guarantee that the dog is taken care of and that it doesn't get abused. Even then, you may still have problems.
As far as buying from a reputable breeder, no reputable breeder would place one of their pups into this situation.