[Reily]

I have had that experience with my hounds.
Few things are more wonderful then a dog, yes they are animals but they are more then that much more. I think dogs have spacial relationship with humans and have had since the dawn of time. Particularly the relationship with their masters & mistresses.

I am going to go upstairs now and flip my four-legged goofballs a biscuit. Why? just because and to honor your "old boy" and your relationship!

[Revolting cat!]

He was such a good mellow dog, that I think if I ever get another, I’ll look for the same mix: yellow lab + white shepherd. A man met on a walk who assured me confidently that was indeed the mix, looked on him jealously (he once had one himself.) In the last year he lost some of his hearing and learned to respond to hand gestures.