We have a 15 1/2 pound schnauzer / poodle mix (we think.) He's around 13 years old now. We adopted him from a companion animal rescue organization about 11 years ago after he had been picked up as an unclaimed stray. He is, in many ways, the most important part of our lives. We actually arrange our day-to-day lives around him to a large extent. I think it would not be too great an exaggeration to say he is my wife's reason for living... and she is mine.