Waukesha nurse Lynn Sarver said she found a strange man sleeping with her massive mastiff, Benton, on a doggie bed on New Year's morning.
For guests on extended travels, book space at your local vet — or on a featherbed at an overpriced doggie spa on which your friends will probably be all too happy to splurge.
He wore blue suede earth shoes and berets when he walked his dog, Tommy, a big old beast that regularly plopped his massive doggie bod on the patient's couch when no one was looking.
As the years raced by, and all who have loved anyone deeply know they always race by, Sasha lapped up the world as she lapped up water from the bowl with doggie prints on the bottom.
Dogs get free water and treats, but you can also buy them a bandana, logo bowl, or hat at the doggie gift shop on-site.
Keep a good supply in the Doggie Cookie Jar on the counter and refill from the ones stored.
Fido's miniature art collection will be the envy of all the neighbors' pets, and on quiet nights, he'll be able to drown out their jealous cries with the sounds of doggie Dateline playing on a wall-mounted tablet as he reclines back on paw-print pillows in a velour-carpeted "chill-out" room.
And the Peaks Resort & Golden Door Spa in Telluride, Colo., operates an on-site "doggie spa" where $60 buys a 30-minute massage.
No Doggie Bowl, a press-on toilet bowl tattoo in the style of a traffic sign, with the image of a dog drinking from a toilet bowl and a slash drawn across it (about $10 at toilet-tattoos.com).
