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[quote=Anonymous]Do you have anything you do with the dog that you always find pleasurable? Even if it's not a big thing. With pets, sometimes all it takes is this one thing they do that is comforting and pleasant for you, and it can make all the other stuff worth it.

I have a cat right now who is a huge piece of work. He's such a dick to people including sometimes (but not always) us, plus he just gets more demanding as he gets older. However, he sleeps with me at night and likes to snuggle, which my DH doesn't (he just runs really hot at night and doesn't like to be in contact with anyone). The cat is also very nice to our DD despite the fact that he's a dick generally, and watching him be deferential to me always makes me feel affectionate to him because I perceive it as him understanding that he can't be a jerk to a child, or that he understand she is of particular importance to us. Whether this is true or not is not relevant. Same with the nighttime snuggles -- he's probably just cold or doing it instinctually. But it comforts me and gives me warm feelings towards him.

These are the things that sustain me when a cat sitter quits on us because our cat attempted to maul her leg, or when he wakes me at 3am to request 3rd dinner, or when he destroys the couch, or chews up a stack of paperwork I can't replace, or any of the million things he does that drive me nuts. I just have these regular moments of affection that make me forgive him. It's love! I don't know what else to tell you. You've got to find some way to fall in love with your dog, even just a little. Otherwise, yes, pets can suck![/quote]

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