Of course they're our children, and they're treated like little humans. We have no real kids and don't plan on having any, so we share our lives with dogs. We put more time and thought into getting them than most people put into actually having a child.

Both of us are happiest with animals around. We arrange all of our weekend trips so that they can go along, we've trained them to be good in cars and hotels and campgrounds, and we schedule an activity each day for them to get out of the house with us. We research foods, diseases, toys, and other dog topics. Ninety percent of the photos we take have the dogs in them. They suck our checkbooks dry, but we'd never have it any other way!

[ October 23, 2001: Message edited by: kobieeli ]