Clande they are the same way, which I've become attached to them too. They had one when their boys were younger and she passed from cancer when we had been dating a few months. She was the most well behaved, well trained dog, but they had also had her since she was a small puppy. My FIL got my MIL another a few months later. She was 6 months old and let's just say she ran the house her name was Missy and she became dubbed missy prissy because she got whatever she wanted. My husband said my mil went soft, which is even more apparent with Eli. But missy passed away from cancer about a month before I had Eli in 2014. My brother in law had a boxer and when he became incompetent to take care of him in 2011 my in laws took over, he was living in their basement but they were carrying for his dog. Then my BIL passed in 2012 and I think Yogi became the last piece they have of him. I swear that boxer is riddled with cancer, but is some how still kickin at 12. I've never seen a boxer make it that long. This is Eli and his bestie Zeus. We also have 2 cats, a Bengal and a tuxedo. If you watch Big Bang theory, our Bengal is Sheldon Cooper.