 and we got this message from Tom in Oregon who said I'm glad you're covering this topic we usually feel the dogs don't live long enough a good dog becomes a family member in many ways like a child we wish them a much longer life humans can be illogical as we adopt a dog in they steal our heart in become family then they break our heart when their life ends then we adopt another one a friend pointed out while our dogs are only here for a short part of our lives