Everyday.
That unconditional love is something else, isn't it? Dogs will forgive you almost anything for back rub. If women could be more like a dog in that way, men would be in heaven. I suspect the trick is to love your woman as much as you love your dog and you'll have her eating out of your hand plus much, much more.
My perspective may be warped since there is no time in my life that I can remember when I didn't have a dog to comfort me. A documentary I saw suggested dogs have evolved and survived because of their ability to provide companionship. Even their facial structure has changed to make them even more adorable as their association with man continued. The cuter the puppy, the more likely it was to have a human to care for them.
In contrast, people who abuse their pets should be likewise abused. I think there is nothing I hate more then someone who tortures or abuses an innocent animal. When I was a kid, I may have killed a lizard by throwing pebbles at it whenever it ventured out of the ivy. I have no idea why I did this, but it haunted me for years afterwards.
Jeffrey Dahmer and other sicko serial killers were found to have abused and killed animals as they developed into the monsters they finally became. I think this is very telling. I mean, how in the hell can an innocent creature ever deserve to be abused?