A big part of my job is talking to people about their dogs. Now more than ever, many of those conversations require me to interject for the sake of clarification: "Wait, are you talking about your human child or your dog child?"

Take for example this recent letter from a reader:

"My puppy is very possessive of me. I am the primary parent. I also have two other dogs, and anytime they come near me, he runs over, jumps on me and barks at them until they leave. This a ...

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