Since 1982 I have been blessed with the companionship of dogs and cats in my household. In all those years I’ve never had any exceptions. When there appeared to be an exception, it was because I failed to fully understand the smaller creature in front of me. As Robin Williams as Teddy Roosevelt (Night at the Museum) said “Who’s evolved,”, I keep that in mind at all times. We anthropomorphize them too often, much to the human’s regrets when the animals don’t “measure up.”

The little animals have considerable sweetness about them. They demand so little and give so much to us.