Since I was born in '88, the one thing I remember is crawling behind the couch and the (small) family dog looking back at me with eyes that said what I can only interpret now as, "Leave me the fuck alone already, baby." We had to put her down in '90 or '91 I believe, so that's my only memory of the dog...and the 80s.
He who loves God cannot endeavour that God should love him in return - Baruch Spinoza