> > There's just no greeting like one from a dog. At least, I've never noticed any other of my family members enthusiastically dashing out to greet me, hugging me ferociously, and leading me inside. It's a very nice way to come home.
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> > gab"Get a dog"by
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> Yes, you're right. My cat does that too. Right now she's curled up asleep on top of my laptop case, under my desk. It looks very uncomfortable and it's full of hard plastic connectors and pens and stuff sticking out of pockets, but it's MINE so she's happy.
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> It sure would be great to have human friends who would drop whatever they were doing and come running, all excited and happy, just because they hadn't seen me for a whole two or three minutes. Then again, most of my human friends are capable of retaining more than one thought in their heads at a time, and can conclude that just because I'm temporarily out of their line of sight, it doesn't necessarily mean I'm either dead or have moved to Tanzania and abandoned them forever.
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> Brunnen-"at least, I assume that's what pets think, judging by the way they react when you come back"G

Well look at it from their point of view. There is this large metal beast sleeping outside all night. Every morning, you get up, are around the house and everything is fine. Then you go outside and the metal beast eats you, growls loudly, and runs away. The animal is alone all day. Later that evening the metal beast returns, still growling, spits you out, and once again goes to sleep. Next day, same thing. This has got to be confusing beyond belief for the pet. Of course they're glad to see you when you get home.

Drac "Tendancy to over analyze" imaS