My son’s dog, Kira, is 85 pounds of a highly energetic two-year-old German shepherd…who lovingly means well in everything she does. With unbridled gusto, she endeavors to “help” however she can—from washing the kitchen floor when she gets a drink of water, to thinning out the lilies when she digs a hole to China… in my garden. Quite honestly, I didn’t know I needed to go to China but well… you know.