Chester.

I recently started dating a dog person. Yep, my hunny Lee is infatuated with her little Springer Spaniel, Chester. Chester is a messy, clumsy old man with lots of saggy skin. Sometimes he reminds me of that movie Benjamin Buttons with Brad Pitt. You can't help but feel a little bad for him. He compulsively licks you and peers up at you with big brown sad eyes. He's slobbery and messy. Yuck. He has these huge drooling lips and always has gunk on his face. He also has this strange habit of chasing shadows. He compulsively is looking for a shadow and so walking or running him on a sunny day is next to impossible. This is Chester in his Halloween costume. He was rooster. (Springers are bird dogs.)

I used to be a dog person... but this was before I owned cats. I like the idea of a dog's unconditional love and devotion... but really dogs are like having needy children that wake you up in the morning so they can pee outside.