Over the years, I've always had one Labrador and usually two. I've had some great dogs, and I've had some dogs that didn't work out. I found them good homes and gave them away.
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I've had a guide dog since 1969. Not the same one, of course: I've had five.
My wife and I volunteer for the Guide Dog Foundation, and we have two giant labs.
I am from Brooklyn, NY, so we could not have many pets, but I always had at least two dogs.
In our family, we've always been owned by border collies, or dogs of one kind or another, and have rescued many dogs. We've lived in the woods and sometimes have had as many as 70 sled dogs. Or had six or seven dogs living in the house. Dogs have saved my life on more than one occasion - and I mean that literally.
I grew up in a house with dogs. We always had dogs. We always had a bunch of dogs, actually.
I've got two little dogs, a little Chihuahua-Pomeranian I've had for about eight years - his name is Oliver - and a miniature German Schnauzer I've had for about seven years. They're like little brothers.
Dogs are a companion species. It's about time - you have an animal for about 15, 16 years, a generation. That time holds so much. You might have had five or six relationships with human beings but one dog.
I'm a dog person; I've had dogs all my life.
I've got two chocolate labradors, Murphy and Dexter. They're like my children.
I grew up on a farm in Pennsylvania, where my parents raised German shepherds - we had about 30 dogs at any given time.
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