Seven to One: My Life Measured in Dog Years

Tradition has it that one year of a dog's life is equal to seven years of human life.The lifespan of the average dog is about twelve years.It follows that in eighty-four years a person could sequentially share life with seven dogs.My goal here is to "tell my life" in dog years, to measure phases of my existence by the lives of the dogs that have shared it.Of course, this is a thinly disguised excuse to tell stories about the humans who have shared my life as well.Are these stories true?Mostly.Exaggerated? Possibly.Engaging?Hope so.