When I was in eighth grade my mom and dad surprised me with a dog. She is a great Dane, and if you don't know what type of dog that is, it's just a really, really, big lap dog. Her name is Casey, she is now two half years old. She started off really small, I used to be able to hold her, but now she is a 130 pound horse. Casey is my first dog, but she certainly won't be last, I never knew what was missing before she came in my life. Yeah their are some dozen downfalls to having a big dog like food disappearing off the counter, and shoes becoming food. Casey is so tall she reaches the counter, and all she has to do is lift her head a little and she can eat the food right off the counter. This one day my dad made a ham, well after the whole family got a slice and went back to doing whatever we were doing, Casey decided to jump up on the stove and eat the WHOLE HAM, we were all pretty mad. You can't be mad at a dog for long because if you just look at them and it breaks everyone's heart with their puppy eyes. Just a few weeks ago it was Thanksgiving and my family was coming back from my grandparents house which is about 45 minutes away from my house. Casey was lying asleep between my sister and I. When we got home and I stepped out of the car and realized that my whole leg was soaked and that the seat had a really big puddle. CASEY PEED IN THE CAR AND ON ME.. I was so mad, and ran inside to get a towel so the pee wouldn't stain, but I was too late. Even though she peed on my (multiple time) since we got her, I wouldn't change it for the world, I love her playful self, especially when she is snuggling beside me on the couch. Even when dogs are mean and ruin things that you really liked, they will still love you even when you yell at them. If you need a forever companion, you have it… in a dog.