I'm new to dog ownership. For years, I've heard friends talk about their pets in such endearing terms, many times more endearing terms than they refer to their human family members. I'd nod and smile, but honestly, I didn't get it. Most of my experience with animals was "okay" to "not so good." I remember when I was a teenager, my family dog humping the legs of my friends. It was INCREDIBLY embarrassing and not something that I wanted to have in my family of creation. Then en