Why have a dog?
Dogs seem to fill a void in a human life that no other living creature seems to be able to touch. They find their way inside your heart and leave paw prints everywhere through our life with them. Even beginning to imagine life without hearing the pitter patter of dog feet in the hall way, or listening to the song of a basset hound as you enter your driveway in the evening after a hard day at work.
The types of pets they had
Probably everyone, if they took a moment to daydream about their dream pet, would arrive at a very unusual sort of animal with which they would like to share their life.
As a child, and well into adulthood, I always wished for any number of very odd creatures that I thought might be interesting to share my life with. Among the menagerie I chose a wombat, aardvark, anteater, Patagonian caavy and a number of other non-traditional creatures. Of course, I never had any of them and instead I shared my growing and adult years with delightful, unique and irreplacable dogs. I wouldn’t change any of it.