Originally Posted by jhb90277

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Thanks. My boys love their dog. They're growing up with him and they just adore him. My older son loves to lay on the floor and let the dog rest his head on his chest. My younger son (age 6) likes to rest his head on the dog and get dog kisses. He says that the dog is his brother. They pretend that all superhero dogs they see in cartoons and movies is their dog. He's an Australian Shepherd and he can almost fly. Our last Aussie never jumped this high or jumped off of stuff that was so high. He's almost a year old and we absolutely love him. The plants in our yard don't quite love him yet, but he's a good boy and is getting even better.

We have a swing in the backyard. The boys sit on the seat (one at a time) and the dog pulls the rope with his teeth and gives them a ride. It's perfect and beautiful in a Norman Rockwell-balanced sort of way.

It's wonderful that you have a rescue dog and the she now knows love and kindness. The

Michael Vick is apparently a father. How can he even defend himself to his kids or explain what he was thinking when he drowned a dog for not being aggressive enough? What kind of example does it set?

When Michael Irvin was inducted into the NFL Hall of fame, he made a hell of a speech. I'm not an Irvin fan and never was, but this speech showed me something. He grew up. He laid it all out on national TV and cried. he cried for the example he'd set for his sons and the mistakes he had made. Oh, yeah, there were plenty of mistakes, but none of them involved torturing animals or abusing anyone or anything smaller than him. Drugs and sex shadowed Irvin's career. Torture, death, abuse, gambling and lies will dog (pun intended) Vick's career.

Michael irvin will always be remembered for his legal woes as well as his athleticism. Vick will be remembered for dogfighting and rushing for 1000 yards. I doubt he'll be remembered for much else.