I loved the feel and especially the ending. The first bit was tough to read, with a fragment in the first paragraph and then the oddly chopped up sentence about what the dog was good for. The emotion and inner conflict here is great though.

lol, the title!
Way to get the words in, bravo!

Haha. Nice job getting the words in there, and I just can’t bring myself to deride a well crafted entry.

@ipe: “When you break rules, break ’em good and hard.” ~Nanny Ogg, Wyrd Sisters