Am I ready for a dog (again)?

TLDR - Greatest desire in life is to have a dog, had to give up one already.. Feel like I don't deserve a second chance.

Trying not to make this any sort of sob story, I genuinely want some advice from fellow animal loves and pet owners.

I've been an animal lover my whole life, and have rescued and raised everything from cats to pigeons. I worked at an animal shelter where I had to work with and helped train dogs at their worst (animal shelters are horrible places for animals). Fast forward to when I've graduated college, moved out, and start my career. Roommate says he loves dogs and is 100% on board with me getting my first dog (I have one when I was an infant, but I have almost no memory of her). I adopted the sweetest pitty from the shelter I used to work at, absolutely fell in love with her. At the first sign of any sort of behavior issue my roommate announces I have to get rid of her. After a couple months working with her, and his constant negativity, he states that he is at his breaking point and will move out, leaving me with full rent, if I do not get rid of my dog ASAP. After reaching out to some friends, I took her to a shelter, and I regret that decision every day of my life, and wish nothing more that to have her back... That was about 8 months ago, and I now live on my own, and dream of having a dog again.. But I don't think I could ever live with myself if I had to give another dog away.. I am willing to work on behavior issues, that does not scare me, but now that I live on my own I feel it is unfair to leave a dog alone for 8 hours, and every time I even begin to look at adoptable dogs I feel overwhelmed with guilt and regret for returning my dog.

When I ask friends if I should get another dog I get very opposite sides of the spectrum, of which both I can agree with. I would love some advice and opinions on the matter.

Should I go ahead and rescue another dog, or should I hold off?

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