Stray guard dogs so love won't bite

I have loved you for a majority of my life
You turn to me when you have problems
You ask for help when life gets too heavy to carry alone
I have asked you to take a chance on us
Open up
Let me in
Instead, you continually bring strays home, too keep me out.
You will never hurt me again
You have been going down a list of wants
But my name is always missing
I had one list, one name
And now my paper is empty.