Why God Made Dogs

We dog sat for my second favorite lab Simon over the weekend, and even though it was near impossible to walk both of them in the snow, they both insisted on waking up at 5:30 AM by taking turns whining, we went through almost an entire box of swiffer dusters and the rest of our lint brushes, and I had to rearrange the furniture to make room for their constant roughhousing, this was my view from the couch on Saturday afternoon as I nursed a vicious head cold: