A Home without a dog is Not a Home

My husband and I raised 5 children, (4 boys & 1 girl)all along the way, we were never without a dog.We had pure breeds, and mixed breeds. One mix was English bulldog and boxer, her name was Love, she was just that, the kids best friend.Kids are never alone when they have a dog they love.When the children were grown, and having their own(our grand children)they had dogs.My daughters dog (a lassaopso)had pups, I picked out one for my husband and I. We named her Fancy, because her hair was short, at the time, but had long hairs like feathers around her face.When we took her, we had just started working for my sister and brother-inlaws’carnival, we ran the cook house.Yes,Fancy was a carnny! she loved it.She had lots of friends, they took her on rides,brought her rib bones, and at night when we would close, she loved to help us clean up the cook house.We had 4 seasons with the carnival she looked forward to it each season, and about those rib bones, each year when we would return to each town, she knew just where she had burried her bone! When we no longer worked for the carnival, we traveled the states, from Washington state to South Carolina and back, Wa. to Minissota and back, wa. to Texas and back, Wa. to California and back,after 6 years of traveling, we stayed home, we were getting older after all. We had Fancy as our faithful companion for 16 years, it was sad to see her go, but we all do, and she will be in our hearts untill we do.We are being loved by a little sweetie pie named Lexie now. good wishes, Virginia