I have had dogs most of my life. Our first familly dog when I was growing up was a toy poodle named Tiffany - she lived to almost 17 years old. My husband and I got a baby Bichon Frise when we married - and he lived to 16yrs and 2 weeks. Now we have 2 mini-goldendoodles. We love our dogs so much - and just aren't people that can be without dogs.