Snuggie for Dogs...What?

Friend request: accepted.

Girlfriend Marie cordially extended me a request on Facebook, and I accepted, along with 110 others. She has 34 tagged pictures alone and four profile pictures since her Facebook advent late last year. This is quite impressive for a four-legged mammal incapable of even clicking a mouse. Yes, Girlfriend Marie is a dog.

Currently, according to the Humane Society’s Pet Ownership Survey, there are approximately 77.5 million owned dogs in the United States. As an owner, this requires a lot of time, energy, and money to successfully raise a puppy into man’s best friend, but how much is too much?

At Wittenberg, it seems that dogs are increasingly gaining attention, and a reputation on campus. This includes the school sponsored “4 Paws for Ability” service program begun in 2008 which socializes service dogs for the disabled. However, it also extends beyond the school policy that forbids students to own personal dogs in Wittenberg residences. Many upper-classmen are trying to skirt the high fines by keeping dogs in their on-campus houses.

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Kelly Clark, a Wittenberg senior, confesses to making special trips home just to play with Girlfriend, and all of her free time outside of academia is devoted to spending time with her.

“It was love at first sight,” Kelly reminisces about when she found Girlfriend roaming the streets of Wittenberg.

Girlfriend also knows a lot about fashion. In the summer Girlfriend chooses between outfits and in the winter she wears a pink vest that will keep her warm. Girlfriend is also a shameless consumer of the Dog Snuggie, which she wears when she sleeps at night.