In submitting an additional entry to Trupanion's Pawliday Blog Contest, I could've listed all the ways in which Comang is such an exceptional dog. How our friends, vet, and groomer constantly tell us that he's one of the best-behaved dogs they've ever met. How he never fails to make me feel like I'm the only one who matters to him. How he motivates me to keep going, even through bouts of depression, family deaths, a miscarriage, and other turmoils. But then I realized that I would be writing a tome, and the contest stipulates that an entry cannot exceed 700 words. So in light of the recent blizzard here in the northeast, I've decided to edit and combine a couple of posts...