Agreed. My dogs are loyal like that...to myself and each other. And I do have a 9 year old lab-mix that seems highly acute to her surroundings, myself and her doggy sister. My pup (two years old) went blind from a progressive fatal disease, she still has some sight in the right eye, and has adjusted well. She's on medications and is pretty happy, right now. The older dog rapidly intuited her inability to see, and instinctively is acting as her guide dog. AMAZING...I didn't do anything. The worse thing about loving a dog, is losing them. I'm still having infrequent dreams about my Mastiff I put down early fall. I wake up, and it takes a few tears and about a half hour to shake it. Then I'm okay. But, I can't imagine life without dogs, I really can't. I have a long bout of traveling to do, then I will be getting another pup.