What a great post and responses!!! Have loved all my dogs to the extreme - all have been rescued from one place or another.
Doberman (Delilah) passed away at 11yo.
Terrier (Charlie) passed away at 3yo.
Poodle (Dusty) passed away at 12yo.
Poodle (Annie) passed away at 16yo.
Currently have Patty, a 3yo Min Pin who is very smart and a clown! My Chihuahua Mandy (my Avitar) is 13 yo and not is great health but spends all her time sitting on my lap whenever I let her (and I let her all the time!)