I'm Sheila, and we have had Skippy since July of 2004. Our boys, 13 and 9 love him, and my husband has grown so attached too. So far we are just eager to see him settle down some- he's certainly not a "lap" dog-not until he's pooped around  9pm or so. It's even hard to get him to sit still to pet him, he does love to give kisses though!