We would be lost with out our dog. My wife has had dogs all growing up and even after she went of to college. She would always talk about her childhood dog and how much she loved it. Once we got our beagle, she fell in love instantly. She tells me all the time now that she loves Gunner more than she did any of her others dogs. The day we got him fixed and micro chipped, we went up to the vet to see him before we went home for the night and we just couldn't take the sight of seeing him all scared and lonely in a large room with other dogs barking and crying all night so the vet made us promise that we would let him rest in his kennel and not bother him.. We did so they let us take him home that same night. Now he is so happy and loving, He gets out of our backyard at least once a week now, We will get a call from someone saying he is loose and tell us where. We just tell them thanks for the call and we will get him. He always comes back home with in a few minutes of us yelling for him.