I turned 17 in the spring of 1982. That year, my girlfriend's family

[Ash]

Is 'Kiss her dog' a euphemism for something?

Sounds like it, I know, but it is quite literal. By the end of it all it was apparent that she preferred her dog to me. Or any of her other boyfriends she had on the go. Which is fair enough, I suppose, but she did smell somewhat of her pooch. That isn't a euphemism either.