About 20 minutes into the pilot episode of his sitcom Louie , Louie C.K. says And nothing good ends well. It’s like if you buy a puppy and bring it home to your family and you say, “Hey look, everyone, we’re all gonna cry soon. Look what I brought home. I brought home us crying in a few years. Countdown to sorrow with a puppy.” That episode was first broadcast in late June of 2010, and I had been with my now-wife Courtney -- and her two dogs, Wyatt and Olive, who quickly became our two dogs -- for less than a year. And while I laughed at that bit, as I did quite often at Louie's material before his self-immolation, I remember looking at both those dogs and knowing that one day, I wouldn't be laughing so much. Since those early days, I've grown an even stronger bond to those two dogs. I'm the person who spends the most time with them on a daily basis; I'm the walker and the feeder and the player, and while my wife does those things as well, she has a job that