KayAnn what a wonderful bond you have with Simba, we all know how much you love him and how much he loves you, I am proud to have gotten to know you here on PetTalk. My story is a little different, when I was growing up we had two Cocker Spaniels which were my mothers dogs, they adored her and I sort of felt left out. After we married we got dogs, but the Boxer was our sons, the other dogs we got were our daughters and I still felt left out although I loved them they always belonged to someone else. On my 63rd birthday my husband said I'm going to get you a dog of your own, any kind you want.
I guess I'm repeating myself but I wanted a Schnauzer, we went to the horse farm and there she was last of the litter, no one wanted her, overbite, scrawny, skinny, and dragged around like a rag doll by the breeders two children. I didn't even know if she could walk, I asked them to put her down. I said to Don that's the dog I want no matter how much she costs. That's the story of Daisy, she is my heart and soul, the only dog I have ever had and her name is
"Jackie's Miss Daisy". Later Don got Perry which we both adore too.
Jackie