They do not go away when it becomes difficult, and even when the first intoxication has vanished, they still look at us with exactly that expression in their eyes. They do so until their last breath. Perhaps because they see us from the beginning as what we really are: faulty, imperfect people.
People who have chosen them just the way. A dog decides once for the rest of his life. He does not wonder if he really wants to get old with us. He just does it. His love, when we have earned it, is absolute