What a difference a dog makes

When I was a kid I really wanted a dog, but never got one. Many years later my former boyfriend told me he wanted one. In the beginning I didn't like the idea. I'm a very independent person, love to travel worldwide and I thought a dog would be a big responsability that would change my lifestyle. One day we went to visit his aunt, who's dog had puppies recently. One of the puppies approached my former boyfriend and didn't separate from him the whole afternoon. "We've got a dog"- I thought. We agree to keep the dog for a week, if after having him for seven days we would have changed our minds, we could have give it back. But how could have give back such a beautiful thing. He followed me everywhere, he slept with me. After a day I was very happy to have him. When I was born my parents thought about giving me the name of Oscar, after Irish writer Oscar Wild. Then my mum thought it was a name for dogs (although I never met a dog named Oscar) and changed it to Albert. That's why I named our dog- Oscar. I have wonderful memories of him: one day he was attacked by a duck and came crying to me, other day he felt into a lake when he was chasing me. I'm a very goofy person, and Oscar became a very goofy dog (yes, dogs tend to behave like their humans). Later came the second dog, we were feeling so sad leaving Oscar alone every time we would go to work that my former boyfriend decided to get another dog so Oscar could play while we were out. 

We named her Lucy, after sitcom actress Lucille Ball, because she loved cameras (dogs can't smile, but I swear this one can). Oscar didn't like her in the beginning, he thought we were going to forget about him. But then he became her best friend. I developed a very special bond with Lucy. Sometimes I would hear her crying- I learnt that means: "open the door I can't get in the room with you". She is the sweetest dog I've ever met. She made me so happy. After my boyfriend broke up with me he took the dogs back to Florida, and now I miss Lucy & Oscar so much. "Buy a new dog"- lots of friends have told me. I'm sorry, the very same way that when I lose a friend I don't buy other, I'm not getting more dogs to replace Lucy and Oscar. They are irreplaceable. They made a difference in my life. That is why I recommend that if you feel lonley, or not very happy with your life: please get a dog, be nice to him or her (I don't like to call animals "it") and the dog will make a bright difference in your life.