I adopted my Boxer mix 13 yrs ago as a puppy who had kennel cough. About a week with us at home he was coughing up alot of phlegm and off to the vet he went AGAIN. He ended up in the animal hospital with IV antibiotics for pneumonia. I would sit on the floor, give him breathing treatmants, give him a morning shot in the leg and shove pills down his throat!
He must have known I saved his life because he has been my sidekick ever since. The entire family lets me know how mopey he gets when I leave, whether a few days OR a few hours! It's nice to be his everything, I have to admit!