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					Originally Posted by FlDebra  Yes, you are psycho and so am I, but not to worry!       I have had 3 human sons, but feel the same.  I never dreamed I could feel like this about dogs.  I have always had dogs and loved them, but more as dogs.  Yorkies need another species to belong to -- they are just a special part of the family!  I don't like saying "my dogs" when referring to Ben and Sadie either -- they are just a whole lot more!  (Of course they pee on the floor just often enough to keep me grounded.) | 
 
  Exactly how I feel. I waited through college to get a dog so that I could give it the attention it deserved. I had no idea that Penny would become my "daughter." And with the addition of Riley, life is wonderful. 
My husband and I call them "the girls" (never "the dogs"); we get a few looks but who cares!