I love dogs, period, but I know what you mean. :)
me too ( loving dogs). We had a Golden named Buffy, when I was a girl, and as an adult, we adopted a Lab mix, whom we named Claudius, after the Emperor. LOL. God, how he loved to run through the Colorado mountains.
Anyway, this is a bit off-topic but I hope to someday have a dog again, soon.
*rubs hands together and thinks about how to approach hubby on this topic* LOL