Friday, March 03, 2006

Are you a dog person?

I received this email from my mom and laughed my patoot off because I thought it was describing me!!!! Many of you may have seen this before, or you may have even posted it, but this is the first time I've seen it.

How many of these does your life relate to? I'd say I'm about 99% of them, so I must be a dog person. (PS: I added one to the bottom!)

1) You have a kiddie wading pool in the yard, but no small children.
2) Lintwheels are on your shopping list every week.
3) You have baby gates permanently installed at strategic places around the house, but no babies.
4)The trash basket is more or less permanently installed in the kitchen sink, to keep the dog out of it while you're at work.
5) You refer to yourselves as Mommy and Daddy.
6) Your dog sleeps with you.
7) Poop has become a source of conversation for you and your significant other.
8) You can't see out the passenger side of the windshield because there are nose-prints all over the inside.
9) You have 32 different names for your dog. Most make no sense, but she understands.
10) Your dog eats cat poop, but you still let her kiss you (but notimmediately afterward, of course).
11) You like people who like your dog. You despise people who don't.
12) You carry dog biscuits in your purse or pocket at all times.
13) You talk about your dog the way other people talk about their kid.
14) You sign and send birthday/anniversary/Christmas cards from your dog.
15) You put an extra blanket on the bed so your dog can be comfortable.
16) You'd rather stay home on Saturday night and cuddle your dog than go to the movies with your sweetie.
17) You go to the pet supply store every Saturday because it's one of the very few places that lets you bring your dog inside, and your dog loves to go with you.
18) You open your purse, and that big bunch of baggies you use for pick-ups pops out.
19) You get an extra-long hose on your shower-massage just so you can use it to wash your dog in the tub, without making the dog sit hip-deep in water.
20) You and the dog come down with something like flu on the same day.
21) Your dog sees the vet while you settle for an over-the-counter remedy from the drugstore.
22) Your dog is getting old and arthritic, so you go buy lumber and build her a small staircase so she can climb onto the bed by herself.
23) Your license plate or license plate frame mentions your dog.
24) You have your dog's picture on your office desk (but no one else's).
25) You lecture people on responsible dog ownership every chance you get.
26) You skip breakfast so you can walk your dog in the morning before work.
27) You are the only idiot walking in the pouring rain because your dog needs her walk.
28) You don't go to happy hours with co-workers any more because you need to go home and see your dog.
29) Your dog acts as Best Dog at your wedding.
30) Your weekend activities are planned around taking your dog for a hike(both days).
31) You keep an extra water dish in your second-floor bedroom, in case your dog gets thirsty at night (after all, her other dish is way down on the first floor...).
32) You never completely finish a piece of steak or chicken (so your dog gets a taste, too).
33) You shovel a zigzag path in the back yard snow so your dog can reach all her favorite spots.
34) You avoid vacuuming the house as long as possible because your dog is afraid of the vacuum cleaner.
35) You keep eating even after finding a dog hair in your pasta.
36) You make popcorn just to play catch with your dog.
37) You carry pictures of your dog in your wallet instead of pictures of your parents, siblings, significant other, or anyone else remotely human.
38) Your dog is the star of your World Wide Web site!
39) Your parents refer to your pet as their granddog.
40) Your jewelry box contains no jewels... just those fasteners from vari-kennels.
41) Your house isn't carpeted--the fuzzy furballs under your feet are soft enough...
42) You don't give a second thought to using the brush you just used on your dog to give a quick run through on your own hair.
43) At your dinner parties, you always double check the butter before putting it on the table.
44) You have dog hair stuck on tape on wrapped gifts.
45) You show up at the car dealers with a ruler, to measure and see if your big dog crate will fit. Before the actual purchase you make the dealer cringe by insisting that you load both crates and dog into the shinny, new vehicle to make sure it works!
46) You can't get the groceries in the car because its
A) already full of dog food
B) you have that big old crate in there.

47) You remove all the seats from the van except the two in the front so you have room for crates...
48) The passenger seat is full of dog stuff.
49) You cringe at the price of food in the grocery store but think nothing of the cost of dog food or treats.
50) You have six squeaky hedgehogs... but only 1 with a squeaky that works.
51) People at work have stopped offering you their lint brushes; they realize it is a hopeless case.
52) Buy a cell phone to put on your dog's collar, so you can call during the day to talk to him/her!

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7 comments:

Furkids in Hong Kong™ said...

Uh-oh! 90% of them holds true for us!

Thanks for the smile!

Norvald said...

Yeah, now I realised that my dog has totally changed my life..:-) Nice blog!

R. Edmondson said...

Well, if this was a test I would fail terribly. Nevertheless, I’m a dog person without a dog :)

Robin CHAN said...

So true So true

Sam I Am said...

All the above!
52) Buy a cell phone to put on your dog's collar, so you can call during the day to talk to him/her!
...Dogs today are our children.

Conners said...

LOL Except that I don't have a van, but my bike is rigged up for Shasta along with her running shoes so she doesn't hurt her feet on the pavement. Are we dog obsessed? Heck YEAH...and proud of it too! You're really getting the phone huh! ROFL

Amstaffie said...

AMEN! We're so lucky to have our puppies!!!! And their lucky to have us!