who gets fido?

Here's an interesting piece about the custody battles couples wage...over pets.

Laugh, but I understand how fighting over your favorite four-legged friend could be a real issue. So real, in fact, that even courts and divorce lawyers are getting involved in the process, the article says.

Pets can intensify the pain of a breakup even when you don't have joint custody.

Sometimes, even if an ex has treated you like complete crap and you have no desire of seeing him again, you still really, really miss his dog. Or cat. Or hermit crab. You get the picture.

It's those little traces that rarely make a couple's journey toward splitsville a clean break.

Read more about animals on the Ledger's pet blog here.