I am a retired Postal worker newly located to TN. Our pets came with us from Maine and have been trying to adapt as have we. I treat my pets as if they are my children, talking to them, even asking them questions. If they sneeze, I say " Bless you" because they are my companions and loved ones. So when my Blk. pug Ruby ran away from the petsitter I have to believe its because she wasn't getting the same kind of attention she was used to,