LOL...I love this thread. Me thinking I'm the only one who spoils our Cleopatra, (Pharaoh Hound). Love her to death. Too bad she is so sensitive to foods and snacks and so must be on hypoallergenic foods and snacks which ends up costing some big bucks. But like we don't do special things for our son and daughter, too??? So yes, Cleo, reaps the rewards of being a surrogate "child" in the absence of our human children.