So I think I am in love. While I was in the hospital I was placed in an "overflow" bed, on the third floor with physical therapy. On tuesday I was out in the hallway waiting to be taken down for what was to become a LOOOONG series of testing. Anyway, out of nowhere this HUGE soft silky black dog loped in front of my wheelchair and just sat there waiting to be petted. I grabbed his lead thinking mistakenly he was going on an exploration unattended. Then his handler popped out of a room behind me and said that no, he just noticed someone needed a friend and came to say hello. Oh how did he know I needed a puppy to love just then?! Such a sweet dog. She called him a Portugese Water Spaniel...I think. I want to research the breed. He looked like a standard poodle but was sooo much softer and silkier then anything I have ever touched before. Such a gentle giant too. Oh, I want one now I'm sure Sunny wouldn't mind the company. Now I'm seriously thinking about finding therapy dog classes for Sunny. He needs to calm down a little bit but he would LOVE all of the attention. Anyway, this dog was magnificent at what he was trained to do. I felt better that day then any pain pill had made me feel to that point. Sigh. I wants the precious