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Dogs and humans have co-inhabited living spaces for thousands of years, and we have a deep founded need for each other's company. If you ever go to a dog rescue simply look eep into the sad faces gazing up at you trying to capture your gaze, trying frantically to communicate with you to chose them- and take them home. Dogs after all are, and should be treated like, loving members of the family. I never understand the twisted mindset of those moronic folks who contently leave their poor dogs in the back garden, whatever the season, and only give them attention when it is time for them to be fed, or fopr a wlak once or twice a week. I do not care if they have a big dog house or not- dogs are by nature pack animals and require to be in groups. But those folks are not the worst offenders- oh no- the folks who truly raise the hackles on the back of my neck are the demented ones who daily chain their canines up to trees, fences or posts in the front or back garden of their homes. Often for eight, nine, ten hours or more at a time while the undeserving owner goes to work. Can you imagine being chained up like that? Is that any kind of existence?

Furthermore there is nothing more comforting and heartening to me than having my dog sleeping on her bed, located next to mine, I know she feels perfectly safe as she enjoys sleeping on her back, with her four paws dangling. I also love the notion that as she is a hundred pound German Shepherd/Collie mix (and a rescue to boot- she was living on the streets the poor girl-) that if anyone broke into my home they are in for a big unpleasant welcoming surprise.

My second dog, a lovely black Airedale terrier mix with the biggest personality and softest heart that you could imagine, assumes the position of guarding the downstairs. He is happy to sleep by the back door and is prone to snoring. They both seem to know their precise places- and social standing- in the pack that is our family.

When I am watching television at night I love them being near me- and feel my blood pressure literally lowering at their mere presence. And there is much scientific evidence to back this claim up.

I have visited many a folks who seem content to keep their dogs' outside- and I usually discern the sadness in the dog's eyes as they try to peer in the window to the family- where they desperately want to be. What sort of existence is that?

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