If I didn't have dogs
If I Didn't Have Dogs... I could walk around the yard barefoot in safety. My house could be carpeted instead of tiled and laminated. All flat surfaces, clothing, furniture, and cars would be free of hair. When the doorbell rings, it wouldn't sound like a kennel. When the doorbell rings, I could get to the door without wading through fuzzy bodies who beat me there. I could sit on the couch and my bed the way I wanted, without taking into consideration how much space several fur bodies would need to get comfortable. I would have money .....and no guilt to go on a real vacation. I would not be on a first-name basis with 6 veterinarians, as I put their yet unborn grand kids through college. The most used words in my vocabulary would not be: out, sit, down, come, no, stay, and leave him/her/it ALONE. My house would not be cordoned off into zones with baby gates or barriers. My house would not look like a day care center, toys everywhere. My pockets would not contain things like poop bags, treats and an extra leash. I would no longer have to Spell the words B-A-L-L, F-R-I-S-B-E- E, W-A-L-K, T-R-E-A-T, B-I-K-E, G-O, R-I-D-E, C-O-O-K-I-E I would not have as many leaves INSIDE my house as outside. I would not look strangely at people who think having ONE dog/cat ties them down too much. I'd look forward to spring and the rainy season instead of dreading 'mud' season. I would not have to answer the question 'Why do you have so many animals?' from people who will never have the joy in their lives of knowing they are loved unconditionally by someone as close to an angel as they will ever get. How EMPTY my life would be! |
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| That is so great. Touching and true. |
| How empty my life would be indeed!! |
Beaureguard's Mom wrote: How empty my life would be indeed!!
Exactly! |
| After brushing my husband's suit this a.m. might I also add:
You could wear dark colors without long encounter with a clothes brush or roller. (and your priest's daughter wouldn't pick off dog hair from your dress during the liturgy...) You would have to scrape your dishes, not let the dogs lick off the left overs. You wouldn't cringe when people ask you to bring something to a potluck for fear of also including dog hair. Nor would you receive a greeting like you had been gone for decades each time your returned home or they came in from a romp in the yard. Without a sheepdog you wouldn't know the meaning of dingleberries, poop shoot, man-shave, ear pluck, wet beard, double coat, top knot and absolutely totally devoted dog. |
Great post and true!!!!!!!!!!!!!  |
 As I said somewhere else, my life would be threadbare! |
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