Yea I have been with my soon to b wife a lil over 10 yrs n 70% of our fights/arguments have been over dogs lol we have a 14 month old son n now another on the way 2 days ago she say hell I'm chopped liver now I come after our children n like after ur third favorite dog ! I laughed n told her that's not true I kno she feels like that bcuz like jack said if u take care of em properly then its very very time consuming but over all my lady is very understanding of my obsession lol my dogs have been my bestfriends since I was a 6 yr old boy I'll never divorce my hounds n she knows that as well whenever I win a purse I just simply give her her share to do whatever she wishes so the time away from her she atleast has something to look forward to goodluck fellas its tough juggling all that n to a woman involved with the hounds for 20 + I take my hat off to u wish there were more out there