Do Dogs Cause Marital Strife?

They certainly can! My mother had a little poodle when she met my Dad. Teddy did NOT like Daddy. Mom tells me that there was some definite tension in the beginning. My Dad LOVED dogs, but Teddy did NOT love my Dad.

Here are my parents on their wedding day, July 25, 1933, with their minister (the inventor of the gumball machine!) and Teddy keeping guard.


Texas Cooper here...

Today, a friend (Sarah -- who readopted Aria after Karin's death) posted an hysterical tale about her dog Cooper which proposed a wedge in her and Chris's blossoming relationship. Check it out -- http://twoinayear.blogspot.com/search?q=cooper.