Um...yeah...I'm gonna have to go with a "no" on that one. See earlier comment regarding "big and scary".
which would you rather? Quiet pet that can be kept in a box and will soon curl up and die or pet that has the run of your whole house, will crap and pee on the carpet, eat your shoes and bark, loudly?
Because you know, if he picks a puppy, it's GOING to be THAT puppy and Goober will love it so much, you'd just have to tolerate it.