NO you are not alone! If there is a crack in the door then Dixie pushes it open with her nose and pesters me in the bathroom. She's too big to sit on my lap but she gives me her paw and won't take it away until I make her "Go lay down". I learned not to close the bedroom door when I go to bed before everyone else because she will sit out there and sigh and get upset because I'm behind closed doors. She figures if I'm in the big bed then she is gonna be there too! Good thing Carrie is not listening! LOL

I am also MOMMY and my husband is DADDY. We do have a human kid (11 years of age) and he loves the dogs as much as we do so it doesn't bother him. I give my dad birthday cards from his Grand Doggies and little Christmas gifts from them too! He thinks I'm a little nuts and pretends he doesn't like it but deep down we both know he looks forward to it.

My dad knows how much the dogs mean to me and tries to understand although I don't think he does completely. He just tolerates my craziness because he loves me. My hubby is almost as bad as me when he tells the neighbors "His DAUGHTER" got a ribbon or retrieved a duck or something else along these lines. I just call them my BABIES!!