"must love dogs"

walking around nyc, you see a lot of people with their dogs. all sorts of dogs from the big hairy ones, the thick wrinkly stinky lookin ones, to the tiny little princess pups. i love seeing them all. i wish i had enough hand sanitizer in my purse to pet them more often... =/  dogs in nyc are so well trained and just itching to be petted after being cooped up all day! their owners are pretty friendly too (although once in a while you'll just get straight up snubbed as you're bending down to pet their dog).

one thing that i find really endearing about guys with pets is their ability to share themselves with another. guys with dogs tend to be more friendly and nice. they also have no fear when it comes to investing their hearts into mortal creatures who may or may not stay by them forever (can we say emotionally available?). these are guys who can recognize that the risks are well worth the rewards. they aren't afraid to choose, commit, and love. they are also responsible, committed, affectionate, and giving cuz that is the minimal requirement for having a pet. (next time you see a cute guy with a dog, watch how he pets his animal and you'll notice he suddenly looks even cuter. lol)

i once dated a guy who wasn't very expressive by any means... but he used to reach into the glass aquarium and pull out his mom's pet iguana (kinda weird now that i think about it). albeit iguanas aren't really that "pettable" - he did so in the most idiosyncratically gentle way. i could detect a bond of intimacy and trust between reptile and human from that tender one finger stroke.... it just made my heart melt to pieces. =]