Wife of a Sailor

Our dogs will love and admire the meanest of us, and feed our colossal vanity with their uncritical homage.
~Agnes Repplier

It’s time for the Thursday Thirteen again. If you have a Thursday Thirteen of your own, leave your website in the comments section and I’ll try my darndest to visit it

Thirteen Reasons I Love Our Dogs
(because after coming home Monday night to diarrhea up and down the hallway, in the livingroom and throughout

the bedroom, I need to be reminded as to why I love them. It was very similar to this episode… only not in a crate.)

1. I love being greeted when I come home. It’s especially nice to not be alone in the house when Huzzy is away.
   

   One of my first photos of Chase... and my absolute favorite.

2. They are comical. Don’t believe me?  Try using a laser pointer with two young dogs in the house.
3. They love me no matter what.
4. They feel the need to cuddle with me whenever I sit down.
   

   Lulu enjoying the sunroof of my car.

5. They are so worried about me, they follow me everywhere… even to the bathroom.  Though sometimes that’s an annoyance.
6. Chase likes to smile.  And that cracks me up.
7. Skah likes to growl and “play fierce” when you put your hands up menacingly.
8. Lulu is always happy-go-lucky. No matter what.
9. I love burying my face in their neck… especially the fuzzy one (Skah).
10. If you are in a bad mood, they’ll cheer you up by tossing
    

    Huzzy and me with Skah when he was 11 months old.

    you their favorite toy… or just snuggling with you.

11. If you need a good cry, they are there for you.
12. Dogs are good conversation starters.  Not that dogs talk… but when you talk to otherpeople, they are good topics.
13. Our dogs have eargasms.  You know… when you scratch their ear and the emit a guttural moan that sounds like someone is having a… well, you get the picture.