In Which We Celebrate National Dog Day (sort of).

"It's National Dog Day, Finnegan."
"It should be National Corgi Day."
"Not much for diversity, are you?"
"Other dogs are ok. But we're special. Corgis are descended from wolves!"
"Um. I think all dogs are descendants of wolves."
He gave her The Look of Offense and retreated to the far side of the room where he curled up on his special blanket.
"Mean human. Penelope knows we're special. Ask her!" he grumbled.
She grinned. Oh, the ego of the corgi. She chuckled and let him sulk, knowing that the very second she rustled the bag of peanut butter cookies all would be forgiven. In the meantime, a poem:

General wolf rules for life by Clarissa Pinkola Estés, Ph.D. from "Women Who Run With the Wolves".