This is not our dog.

Once in a while he escapes from a house on the street behind ours and comes over to play for the afternoon. The kids have SOOOO much fun playing fetch, etc. that I feel my no-dog stance weakening. Then I see his slobbery tongue lapping water out of one of my Tupperware bowls that someone snuck outside and my resolve strengthens again. Someday, if we never get a dog, I will probably regret being so selfish.