Does anyone every wonder if a dog’s personality matches that of their owners’? Up until a few days ago, I didn’t really think much of it, but now I am! Earlier this week, Dobby was being kind of needy and jumping up into my lap, wanting pets, and when I finally give in he burps right in my face. Dan goes, “if that dog isn’t the spitting image of you.” And now I can’t stop thinking about how Dobby really is the dog version of me!!

First of all, I do NOT make it a habit of burping in peoples’ faces haha! But I won’t deny that there have been times where I may have accidentally let one or two slip… 🙂

Anyway, I’m almost certain Dobby and I were carved from the same tree. We both get incredibly excited to eat, and while I don’t wolf my food down quite as fast as he does, I definitely get giddy when it’s meal time.

We both love having attention from our loved ones, and will get to the point of being annoying just to get it. Dobby likes to jump into my lap and slap at my arm with his nose for my attention, and I like to sit on Dan and get right in his face until he HAS to pay attention to me. Sometimes it’s adorable, and other times it’s too much – you decide!

We both get sad when we are lonely. Dobby has some pretty bad separation anxiety. It’s definitely gotten better since I first brought him home, but he still gets upset when we leave him home alone. And there are weekends where Dan leaves to go farm and I’m all by myself, and I get a little freaked out too. I could have sworn someone was breaking into his house the last time I was alone. Didn’t sleep a wink! I think overall, we both just get anxious and worried about things that we shouldn’t need to get AS worked up about.

Dobby and I both have trust issues. We’ve both been in some pretty shitty situations in the past, and therefore we’ve both had some issues trusting new people. When I adopted Dobby, the pound said he was most likely abused by a former owner and as a result, he had some issues when it came to being around men. He is leaps and bounds better than he was two years ago, but you can tell he’s still plenty nervous around people he doesn’t know, and I don’t blame him. How’s he supposed to know someone won’t hurt him like that again? I’ve gone into detail about my relationship history in past blog posts, so I won’t go into detail here, but I have a hard time trusting people too. We are both learning together that not everyone is a bad person, and to give them the benefit of the doubt unless proven otherwise.

Finally, we both LOVE to cuddle! Dobby loves to curl up against my feet at night, and sometimes he’ll even sleep on the pillow next to me and snuggle under my arm. He’ll sit on my feet when I’m sitting on the couch, and he just tries to be near me as often as he can. I like to cuddle too! Whether it’s Dobby himself, Carter, Dan, my little nephew, Connor, whoever! I love a good cuddle session.

If I haven’t proved to you yet that Dobby and I are pretty similar, then you’ll just have to come meet him to find out for yourself. I love that we have so much in common – especially with the issues we’ve both had. We are both there for each other, no matter how much patience is required. I’ve said before that I rescued him from the pound, but he’s rescued me, too. No matter what’s going on in my life, I know Dobby will be there for me, and I’ll forever be grateful this awesome pup came into my life!

Until next time! 🙂

Megan Reiffenberger