In December of 2010 I wrote a piece called A Million Ways To Love A Dog.  In that piece I talked about how dogs are integrated into all kinds of lifestyles for all kinds of reasons.  Dogs live on farms, in high rise apartments, suburban homes, and even on the road with their humans.  We love our dogs in all of their various shapes and sizes.

But can we love them wrong?  Can we love them too much?  It’s an interesting question.  There are currently over 78 million dogs living with people in the US alone.  Genetically, their lives are much shorter than ours.  Most dogs live very happy, comfortable lives.  But I am dismayed at how many die in loving homes because of improper care and management.  These dogs are literally “loved to death.”