What can I say about having two dogs...

It can be expensive - vet bills add up fast. Sometimes it seems like having three dogs, there is dog one and dog two and dog that is seems to be there because of how they react to one another. It is confusing...one dog does what it is supposed to, the other dog doesn't; how do you verbally praise one and correct the other. There isn't much room left on the bed for the humans. Someone always seems to need their ears cleaned, face washed, or feet wiped off. You just spent an hour brushing the dog, and there is another dog to brush. Someone always needs to go out and someone always wants to come in. One likes to sleep late, the other likes to get up early. You don't know who peed on the rug, who got sick in the corner, or who chewed up your shoe. You don't know whose drinking all that water from the water bowl. The recliner isn't quite big enough for you and both of them. In other words it is a little bit of insanity. That said, there is no joy like seeing two dogs run like the wind, with wild abandon as they chase and play. There is no joy like cuddling in one big heap or rolling on the ground with two trying to lick your face. There is an utter amazement as you watch dog two learn how to do tricks from watching dog one. There is always someone who will play with you, keep you company, or take a nap, even when someone else has an attitude and pretends you don't exist. Sooner or later the two dog family start to mesh like a finely oiled machine, things start to calm down, there is an ebb and flow to life. Life is becoming stable and predictable again...that's when it starts....the yearning for the THIRD DOG.