Dog Ownership

I obviously love having a dog. I am no longer able to imagine my life without at least one dog in it, and rely on having a dog to help keep me honest in my daily routines, with exercise, having consistent mealtimes and so on. But for as much as I have loved them, I do remember feeling quite cheated by no one warning me about a few things that became apparent very quickly into my new life with a dog. It's only after the fact that people say "oh yeah, my dog did that!", and at