Recently my children have commented to me that they suspect that we love our dog Maggie more than we love them. Really, it is just a case of the fact that they have all flown the nest and the dog arrived after that and has consequently not flown the nest. She is always around to welcome them when they visit. We made a very silly nonsense music video about this which you can enjoy here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rv0UaJOX9EI&feature=youtu.be