I too am a dog person int fact our 1999 lx470 was the dog car:) I lost both of my dogs this year. Tough losing one but losing both OMG. yannii a (basinji lab mix) in April and my chocolate lab duke in October. It really is tough they are extremely intelligent creatures. They know exactly what we want and need at any given moment. Just the other day I broke down because I made pot roast and there was no one down below for the scraps and talk yowell at me for a treat. Having no kids, they were my sit in for kids.