I love that excited whinge that they do - they get all shivery and look like they're about to jump straight up in the air and leave their fur behind.
I do miss having a dog. Our family dog was a Rotty x (something, we never knew as she was a pound rescue the day before she was due to be pts and she looked like a slightly smaller Rotty - maybe she was pure, who knows, she was starved from day dot we found out when we went back to the house she came from and spoke to the neighbour, who's daughter had been jumping the fence to feed her in the garden shed (yup, owner had her locked in a 2x2 garden shed) so she was a LOT of work in the first 2 months, we almost didn't keep her, she was HORRIBLE to be around, but we kept going and in the end we had a dog that never needed to be on a lead (only used one when we had to - following the rules and all) and loved our cats, my own dog Holly (above) and was the best pet we have (and will ever) have in our family.
We still talk about her now, all the time, about the hillarious stupid things she used to do, I would write 10,000 words on her and still keep going.
RIP at age 12. What a wonderful "Stormy Girl" she was.