Perhaps useless, but today is National Dog Day........

we had a blast. Folks took this really seriously, which made it even more fun. 

There was probably some heavy betting going on.

I had to comfort my dog today and reassure her she would not be some evil neighbor’s dinner. She is very sensitive! ✌️

I've been telling my dogs that very thing since last night and all day today.  I don't know if I have managed to convince them.

I did a midlife career change and I graduated from a RN program in '08.  I won't go into all the gory details, but I often say that about the only good thing I got out of my new career was becoming a dog lover.  Since '08, dogs have, as @stuartk  typed, added immeasurably to our lives as  well. Now we have three of them, each with his and her own distinct personality, and we love all of them.