Well I showed my friend all the wonderful e-mails many of you wrote about this subject. She laughed at some of them and others she gave a little more thought to. She thanked everyone for their advice about her love life! LOL! Anyway, this is what she told me. She said that this man is the love of her life. She said he doesn't drink, smoke, stay out late or chase after other women. He's financially stable, her family loves him and he treats her well. She said he knows she loves her dogs and respects that this is something that is important in her life. He just has a hard time with the dogs living in the house. He's not asking her to get rid of the dogs. He just wants her to respect his wishes as well. Keep the dogs......but not in the house. She said she's going to work on him to agree with her keeping them in when he's at work and will emphasize to him that she just feels safer with a dog in the house. I agreed and told her to tell him, the dogs won't be any good to her if they are outside and something should happen. Most crimes happen when the husband is at work and the woman is home alone. So maybe there will be hope for them yet. He was just raised differently from her. He didn't grow up with animals, so therefore, doesn't have the same attachment to them like we do. It doesn't make him a bad guy and with all his other wonderful attributes, I don't think she will look to kick him to the curb. Barbara ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2007. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - www.showgsd.org ============================================================================