all the above and all sooooooo true

my extras are -

spending more on phoebe than anything else

putting her first in all circumstances

Holding off on fertility treatment as she is my number 1 baby and must always come first

when your dog gets home from surgery at the vets and you and your hubby eat beans on toast for a week so you can feed him fresh cooked chicken breast with rice because you feel so guilty for leaving him overnight.

when you deliver mail and your customers dogs get excited to see you because they know you have a pocket full of treats.

when your customers dogs drag them down the road on a walk because they want you rub their belly

when a customer tells you their dog has developed a close bond with you because their dog has just been out running across fields with a doggy friend and moves for nothing (not even treats) for a good few hours because they are so tired but as soon as you walk up the garden path they jump up and scratch at the front door to be let out so they can say hello to you.

when you go to the dog beach and stand waist height in cold water to show your dog that loves the water but will not go out of his depth that swimming is fun (he now loves swimming)

Your step brother who's been staying with you for the last six months tells you that you treat your dogs better than most of his friends treat their kids.

When there are expectations of how company treats the dogs and if they don't meet them they need to leave.

When the dogs get to have more room to sleep in the bed than you do.

When your friends tell you that their jealous cuz ur dogs eat better than they do.

You're a dog lover when with a perfectly god car you buy another to make them more comfortable on the occasions when you go "a bit further"

In my case...absolutely all of the above

These are brilliant and I have to own up to doing an awful lot of them.

Also, in winter here money is tight but I will always buy my dogs food before buying mine. My husband says they eat better than we do...but fortunately he doesn't mind