premise: so i've had this dog now for for sixteen years and she's been a lot of company uh she's uh however getting a little old and things are starting to fail um i i live alone now and she stays in the house all day while i go to work  and uh she's been holding herself pretty well the uh up until uh you know recently where she's been having accidents in the house because she either is losing control or she forgets where she is  and uh i find a little present on the floor sometimes when i come home
hypothesis: This dog has helped me through the worst times of my life.