I never expected to feel as though I had given birth to this puppy. I loved him instantly, and in a way that I had never felt before about most of my cats. However, I was suddenly responsible for watching him almost every second of the day. All of a sudden, he got into that pose, and he was peeing all over the house. He is now potty trained, thank goodness, but I had never expected that my first child would be a puppy.