Doggie-love.

There are animals that serve humans.
And then, there are dogs.
No matter what the weather—lashing rains, sweaty summers, snow, listlessly dry days—only one animal will leave its comfortable place, and rush to welcome you, tail wagging, twinkling eyes, and drool in place(not unlike Odie from Garfield).
Be it guarding a place, looking after children (remember Nana, from Peter Pan?), or just staving off loneliness, dogs have been faithful companions for as long as mankind can remember.
It is very rightly said that cats love comfortable homes, and dogs love their owners.
How else would you explain a mangy-eared, tired-looking dog, trotting faithfully beside its owner - a scruffy 13-year old ragpicker.
And now compare how your so called "domesticated" cat will glower at you if you even try to push it a little from the rug it is inseparable from.
Dogs will look at you with those deep, brown, melting doggie-eyes, trustingly, lick your face (if you’ll let them), bark a short “wuff wuff,” to let you know of their presence, and just flop down, near you, heaving a long sigh, when you don’t pay any attention to them.
But the minute you are near the door, they’ll rise, wagging their tails (stumpy, furry, long – all kinds), and look at you hopefully, as if saying, “Hey buddy, you taking me out for a walk?”
If a walk is not in your schema of things at that time, and you have to go elsewhere, they will go back to their preferred place, and settle down, uncomplainingly.
They don’t hold grudges; even if you’ve shouted at them for chomping away your shoe-laces, they’ll greet you with the same kind of warmth(and drool—day after day.
You have a whole variety to choose from—Terriers, Pomeranians, Pugs, Beagles, Dachshunds, Bull dogs, Dobermans, Labradors, Dalmatians, Collies, Saint Bernards, Mastiffs, Golden Retrievers, Spaniels, you name it.
We people have lots to learn from these humble, but extremely loyal, animals, I daresay.
You’d even enjoy taking them for their daily walks, and love them for their little idiosyncrasies(read hiding bones in the most unlikely of places; sniffing around anywhere[and I do mean anywhere]; chasing cars, postmen, and cats-though not necessarily in that order; and of course, their penchant for eating your prized American grass).
Those doggie-eyes looking at you trustingly, more than make up though!