Anyone who’s ever owned a dog, or even looked after one for any meaningful period of time, can attest to the loving bond that’s usually formed whether one wants it or not.
I can remember my father standing firm on his opinion that our family would under absolutely no circumstances be getting a dog. In fact, so against it was he that it was only when my brothers and I surprised our mother with a dog for Christmas that he relented and said it could stay.
Low and behold, within three months there was one person in the house who adored that dog above all others, worshipped the ground it walked on even… yep, you guessed it, my dad.