When I got to work I mentioned the sign to some colleagues. Instead of laughing so hard their coffee came out through their nose, they loved the idea. I should have known. I would feel he was making friends. I was so flabbergasted, I didn't know where to start using italics.
Dogs are social animals.
I'm a social animal, too. But if you give me the choice of being alone in my home or listening to the constant cacophony of my kids yelling at each other and yapping on the phone and every TV and stereo in the house turned loud enough to wake Strom Thurmond, I'm locking myself in a room and chewing the stuffing out of a sofa. I mean, what dog ever had a problem amusing himself. These are dogs we're talking about. Not MacNeil and Lehrer.