Should we adopt a dog or not?

Read below as the question probably isn’t what you’re thinking.

My family lost our first dog about 5 years ago. She was an adopted German Sheppard who fell to a rare cancer at age 4. My kids were young and so they don’t really remember her. My kids are now 5 and 7 and we are considering adopting another dog.

Here is my worry though. I work from home. My wife is a teacher and my kids both go to school, so they are away from the house 8–9 hours a day. I will be at home with the dog just about all the time. I will more than likely bond closely with him/her and I worry about how my family will bond being away from the dog so much more than I am.

Anyone have any thoughts or experience with this?