[bcrdukes]

Wow, perhaps I'm not as sensitive as some of you but the dog was brought home mainly to prevent any sort of intruders. They go to work at 8, come home by 6 and spend as much time as possible with the dog before work at 7am and after they get home from 6 to maybe about 11pm. And no, they don't always hit the dog. It only happened maybe once or twice.

Anyway, thanks for all the replies.