Every Saturday, Dad bundled his three children into our battered old Chevy station wagon to do the weekly grocery shopping. He never locked it, hoping that some enterprising soul would steal it, but they never did. Dad always said, “He who steals my car steals trash.”

There is no shortage of famous quotes exploring the bond between humans and dogs.

You’ve hooked up with the potential person of your dreams and, bonus, they say they love animals too. As a matter of fact, they’ve got a dog of their own.

It was during one of those encounters dog people have all the time that someone remarked of her pooch, “He’s the dog of my life.” I knew exactly what she meant

I measure periods of my life by the lifetimes of a succession of dogs.

Like many of you, I consider myself a dog person. For as long as I can remember, I’ve been a dog lover and I’ve always made canine friends quickly. There’s something about every dog that I find really wonderful.