dogs teach you everything you need to know about loyalty. They teach you leadership, responsibility, and most of all, they can teach you how to love unconditionally. before i got my Winnie I prayed that the Lord would teach me something important with her life. I've been learning ever since. I cried more when I had to amputate her leg after she was hit by a truck than I cried when my ex cheated on me and through away our engagement. What boggles my mind is no more than 24 hours after her surgery she was running in the back yard, chasing her toy like nothing ever happened. Dogs dont get down and dont feel sorry for themselves. That was a huge lesson for me and probably why I just dont get offended anymore. My dog had a leg lopped off and continued on, so what gives me the right to get upset over some words or someone elses idiocy?