YOU SAID:
i would like to get a dog
INTO JAPANESE
私は犬を手に入れたいと思います
BACK INTO ENGLISH
I want to get a dog
INTO JAPANESE
犬を飼いたい
BACK INTO ENGLISH
I want to have a dog.
INTO JAPANESE
私は犬を飼いたい。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
I want to have a dog.
That didn't even make that much sense in English.