I dated a girl years ago, her parents had a fat shitzu. They would treat the dog better than their own children. Case in point.... the first x-mas, the dog had a place setting @ the dinner table..... the mom had it all set up with proper place settings( soup spoon, salad fork etc.).... anywho, she even went as far as placing a booster seat on the chair, and had a cloth napkin tucked in the dogs collar. She took the dog for a ‘spa day’ beforehand. It gets better..... under the tree, there were 15-20 presents for THE DOG, and 2-4 for each of the actual children. One of the gifts was a custom made Goretex coat( at a cost of 500$....).... now you tell me, is this normal behaviour? I still wonder WTF????? Your turn Jimmy.....