Susan Conant

A strong man next to you in bed is a comfort, but real security is a German Shepherd bitch on guard at the door.

Universal dilemma of the real dog person: You leave the dog home, you worry what will happen to him when you__e out. You take the dog with you, you worry that something will happen to him when he__ alone in the car_.The solution, of course, is to keep the dog at your side twenty-four hours a day, every day, but then you worry that your constant presence is making the dog neurotically dependent, and besides, you can__ go anyplace that doesn__ allow dogs, so you can__ go to work or get your hair cut or go to the dentist. And then, of course, you feel guilty because, after all, doesn__ your wonderful dog deserve a better owner than this poverty-stricken, shaggy-headed slob with decayed teeth? Meanwhile, the dog doesn__ worry about anything. Why should he? That__ what he has you for, and for obvious reasons, he trusts you completely.