I have always had dogs.They are family.My heart and soul Kori, was an Akita that we lost in Sept to a brain tumor after chemo and everything else failed.We also lost my daughters great pyrenees BooBear in April to an unexplained seizure.He was a wonderful furbaby.He passed the day before he was six.He was an eastern veternary blood bank donor and very healthy and no one knew what happened.Now I have a wonderful,amazing ,little almost 7 month old shiba inu named Byakko, my daughter has a 6 month old Leonberger named Dakota and an 8 month old pom mix rescue and my son has a 5 mo. old lab mix rescue named Mojo.Right now I also rescued a stafforshire 4 1/2 yrs old named Tyson with a temporary roomate but he will be moving.That is my menagerie of dogs plus there are other furbabies but we were just talking about the dogs.They bring so much joy and unconditional love into my life.Three are in puppy classes now.Lots of fun.