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This Wisconsin woman should be ashamed of herself! First of all she allowed her dog to become grossly obese. Second, she allowed her dog to stay outside in single-digit freezing temperatures and the 120-pound border collie actually froze to the sidewalk! Fortunately, the woman made the first mistake and let her dog get fat, so the thing actually lived through the horrible ordeal. Unfortunately, the woman wound up with a citation for animal neglect. Wait, did I say “unfortunately”, I meant fortunately. Maybe now the woman will take better care of her canine friend.

It appears that dogs really are a part of the family. In Florida a man dove in after his 14-pound rat terrier when a shark decided the furry creature looked good enough to eat. With the dog almost entirely in the shark’s mouth, the man hit the shark in the back, which caused it to finally let go of the fortunate pet. The man and his… uh, best friend swam back to shore and neither one are critically injured. Lucky or crazy? You decide!

Well actually dogs, I have 2 dogs. It would be so nice to not care about anything more than playing, loving, eating, and sleeping. I don’t think I’ve ever seen them really have a bad day… I’ve seen them not feel well, but bad day — nope, not so much. What is it about being covered with hair and a having tail that makes them so happy? Not that I want to be covered with hair and have a tail, but come on now — how many of us look at our dogs and think, “Wow, you’re really pleased with the cards life has dealt ya?”

I admit my female dog will snap at my male dog when he’s trying to get her to play and she’s tired. Hmm. That sounds very similar to men and women. But as human as I try to make them (because they are my babies), I am quickly reminded my furry friends are merely animals. A fact not hard to notice when they eat unprintable things! Still I say we should learn from our dogs. We should freak out when our significant other gets home from work. We should never stop loving on each other. We should eat only when hungry. And we should sleep most of the day… if only!