All men are dogs anyway...

...so why not take a chance on Sam Merlotte who runs that honky-tonk out in Bon-Ton.  Sam's a self made kind of guy who would face down a blood-sucker as well as fetch a stick for you...

 ...I like a man who's faithful and loyal, the kind of guy who'd bark at you one minute, and then lick your face and sleep at the foot of the bed the next ...

 ...wouldn't you just love to rub his belly when you came home for work? 

Love and kibble, that's what lusting after a shape-shifter gets you.