How are your dogs like your children??

[Samantha Puppy]

Oh yeah - when my husband and I were house-hunting, one of our required features was a fence so that Samantha wouldn't have to be tethered when she went outside anymore. (We got it.)

[bsherman]

Tawny has lots of toys that I buy because I think she would like them, I also give her the look when she is being naughty. When I want to leave early my boss always asks if Tawny called and wants her mommy to come home early, never mind my husband.
I worry about her health, because I know she can't explain everything to me. I carry a photo or two in my wallet. She is my furbaby and I don't have any kids to spoil so she gets it. She gets different cookies for variety. Special beds all over the house.
And just like every kid, I can't have any privacy in the little girls room, she just needs to know what goes on in there.