From childhood friends to your life companion, your dog will always be there. They'll be there to cry on and cuddle with, and they'll give you the best memories any kid could ask for. Here are 11 things all dog owners and dog people do.

1. Leaving Your House

You're home alone, your friend suddenly wants to grab lunch, and you want to go. You get ready with your shadow (a.k.a. your dog) and you're about to head out, but as you shut the door these two huge brown eyes appear, staring you down, and you start second-guessing this lunch and everything you stand for. How important can this lunch be? What price am I paying? $7 for the food and countless tears from my dog at home? How selfish can I be? Closing the door will be the hardest thing you'll ever do. And it happens every darn day.

2. Taking Pics with Squad

But what if you don't have a "squad." No worries, because the only person who matters really isn't a person. It's your dog. It's hard when your social media pages are filled with you and your dog when everyone else's is of them with friends. Oops.

3. Getting "Action"

The most "action" you're getting consists of your dog's sloppy kisses, because who in the world could you love more than your dog? And what an accomplishment it is when they choose to sit next to you. That's true love. Cuddling with dogs is better than cuddling with any person anyway. Dogs don't care if you have bad breath or love handles. I mean, what else can you ask for?

4. Social Settings

Everyone is familiar with this one. The crowded party or gathering that you feel overwhelmed in. Maybe if you're lucky all of your friends are there, or even the new hunk of eye candy you've been hoping to snack on is there. However, you still find yourself petting and trying to please the owner's dog. The dog won't care if you're bad at social situations because they'll take you in and give you something to do. Pet them. Don't take advantage of making new friends, even if they're canines.

(We're wearing party hats.)

5. Human Friends

You've finally left the house for the first time in a while, because let's be honest, going out can get to be a lot. But you're finally out, and without your dog. Maybe you're at a meal or at a friend's house, and you think of a story with your dog. Then the photoshoot pictures of them come out. You catch yourself in too deep. You chew your friends' ears off about your dog, knowing you're talking too much about nothing they're interested in hearing about, but you can't stop. And you won't change your ways either, so it will happen again.

It always will.

6. Seating Arrangements

You're watching a movie. You're finally comfortable on your plush couch with a perfectly nudged pillow and soft blanket; you even have the perfect snacks. You press play. But next thing you know the credits are rolling and you've found yourself on the floor. And you've been there. For over half the movie. You look up on your couch to see your sprawled-out dogs. And honestly, how ridiculous a thought for you to sit on the couch when your babies obviously need it. They've had such long hard days.

7. Conversing

I don't care what people say. It's normal to talk to yourself. But it's even more normal to talk to your pets. They listen. I promise, they really do. And unlike people, they take your side always (they have to) and they don't talk back. ( My favorite thing is to read to them.)

8. Dining In

Whenever I walk to the pantry and I open the door with the familiar creak in the hinge, I look behind me to see not one shadow, but three. And sure, the vet said, "Stop feeding her pastrami, it's going straight to her stomach," and you might even hear a little of "Is that cheese in her bloodstream?" Yeah, yeah, yeah. Who cares? They're happy.

9. Sleeping Arrangements

Sometimes we catch ourselves doing crazy things. Like jumping out of an airplane or going on a blind date, or even an actual date. But buying pillows, sheets, and beds only with the intent to
give them to our dogs is not one of these things. If we didn't get them beds, where would they sleep? The floor? What are we animals? They obviously need comfort like we do.

10. Strange Dogs

We were all raised knowing not to talk to strangers. But what about stranger's dogs? Because I know I attack those like flies on garbage. Real talk, strange dogs are the best. You bond with their owner and you can tell your dogs at home you made new friends for them. And then your babies at home smell you like crazy ready for you to pull the other dog out of your jacket pocket.

11. Cherish and Love

Never forget to love and cherish your dogs. Maybe even go adopt another. Because dogs are important.

I mean, am I right ladies?

My models in these photos are my babies BalBoa and BooBear. They are my life.

BooBear is a black lab/Border Collie mix. She's freakishly smart and she's three years old.

BalBoa is a mutt. He's a boxer, pitbull/mastiff/hound dog mix and he's the sweetest most loving dog I've had. He's a giant loaf and he's only one year old.

My babies are my world. I wouldn't trade them for anything.