I don't know why such a huge portion of humanity willingly subjects themselves to these obnoxious pests. They get in your face and invade your personal space, licking your cheeks with the same tongue they just used to lick their junk. You have to take them outside every hour and if there is a pile of shit from another animal, they will roll in it...assuming they don't eat it first. And the barking...I'm convinced Dante forgot to mention a circle of hell when he wrote his divine comedy. It's the one where a pin drops and a hundred dogs just start yapping and shrieking. They just don't shut the -blam!- up! I have no qualms about putting an electric shock collar on our dogs to stop their howling. Yeah sure, they may ward off a home intruder, but I have several firearms hidden around the house for that same purpose and neither my glocks nor berettas piss on the ground out of fright.