Thank you for all your responses.

Our family is very animal friendly.  We have 3 dogs, two cats, fish, rabbit, guinea pig and we feed possums and raccoons. 

Cut to core, I am a dog person.  If you want a friend, get a dog.  Dogs just make sense to me.

My dogs and I can just hang out and lessen stress.

But my wife brought home a puppy last year.  Great!  NOT REALLY.

At the time, my MS had just worsened.  Walking was more of a challenge.   And now we had a puppy, part labrador and newfoundland.   Not a small dog.  More stress.

I do not blame the puppy for me getting worse, but the timing is coincidental.  Frustrating.

Now, post CCSVI, I am able to walk the dog again.  Not well, but without a cane or walker. 

The other dogs try to play nurse to me when  am tired.  I just love the dogs.  Even the puppy who licks my ear when she gets a chance. I know she wants to help, but...

Does anyone else have similar ability to try to put similar events together?