The sitcom would be great...we'd be much better looking, and the real deal may be too nutty for a reality show!
One thing I have learned from our brood is that we have to keep a sense of humor about it all. I definitely know 'blubbering idiot' mode. All too well! I'm hopeful that a year mostly outside and being a bit more free-wheeling will be more fun than basket case on balance. If it isn't, we can reverse course. Everyone, dog definitely included, must be thriving for it to work. I hope it does. Getting us out of suburbia and into some wildness will be wonderful and a welcome change.
Reinita, the loenberger is a gorgeous dog! I do appreciate the reality check - eyes wide open, here. :-)