Dogs...

I have never understood what possessed people to start keeping animals in-doors with them. I titled this post "Dogs..." but it could be applied to anything that people keep as pets. While dogs have been popular animals for hundreds of years, it is still weird to think about how the whole thing came about....because dogs used to just be another animal that would roam around and eat garbage in midevil times.

Some people love their animals so much that they would do anything for them. Some people prefer dogs over kids, or contact with other family members. Some people down right hate dogs. Dogs are used to many many things; including finding things (drugs, guns, bombs, people, dead people, rodents), or helping with cattle, or pulling a sled (transportation).

Dogs can be expensive or you can get one for free or next to nothing. Bottom line is that a dog is a dog. Some are better looking than others and some are better behaved. But they all have personality. All my dogs have a different one and that is why I love them all so much. Titan love to play, too much actually...anything you pick up he thinks you are going to throw. He could, and would, play fetch until your arm is about to fall off. Harley is a lump-it is impossible to get her to do anything that she does not want to. And when she is not waiting for her next meal, she is usually sleeping. Zoey....Zoey is a scavenger. Always looking for food, thinking about food, dreaming about food. Not dog food...that would be too easy. When we feed her she often sticks her face in the bowl and walks away in disgust because it Purina and not ribeye.

But most important of all dogs are great companions. They can help you feel better when you are sad or help celebrate when your happy. They can be a "person" to talk to or a shoulder to cry on.....people love them and so do I!