I'm part of a trend. Not the one for super-stretchy big knickers, the one for having an only child and getting your other one from the Kennel Club. Now I have two boys - one is taller than me, the other is covered in mud and hurls tennis balls at my head when I'm trying to read. Which I find adorable, of course, because I find everything Scruffy does adorable.
It's not just me in this dog-meet-dog world. Midlife Dogzillas are everywhere. We aren't boring you with baby photos - we're trapping you in front of endless phone pics of our surrogate child, choosing to ignore the glazed look in your eyes. You might not welcome a full rundown of the fur baby's funny little ways either, but we don't let that stop us.
A proper pet
It started, as so many of these things do, with a frank exchange of views with my husband when our son was little.
'I want a dog,' I said evenly.
'But they're so tying!' he wailed.
'Our only child needs a proper pet,' I said, wheeling out the guilt gun. 'A dog, not the boring guinea pig.'
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