I (mostly) agree with roberth.

Newracer - that is an awesome looking dog.

I also think that scratchy's dog is amazing too.

The only dog I've had since moving away from my folks was a Maltese that my wife got while I was serving in Korea. I wasn't fond of the "punt dog" initially, but he really grew on me and I was devastated when he passed in 2003. Since then, my wife and I decided that the walking, picking up poop and either taking a dog with us or kenneling them when we go on a trip just wasn't worth it any more, so... No more dogs for us.