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[Ingrid Noyelle]

If I Didn't Have a Dog

I could walk around the yard barefoot and 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 rang, it wouldn't sound like a kennel and 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

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 whowill 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!

[yvonne]

i can not imagine a live without my doggies , cats , rabbit , we often met people with three or more children and they always comment "oh three dogs , isn't that a lot of work"my husband always comment back with 'oh three or more children" never got a comment back then

a very nice story , and for us , without doggies and the rest my life would be empty

[Lynn Spencer]

I wouldn't have comments like, oh! what nice doggies. I know the red setter, but what is your other dog. An English Setter I told them. Oh yes, I know those. Is she the 'red one's puppy???? Derrrrrrr.
Another walk, lady coming towards us, 'I've always wanted an Afghan Hound like that', and oh, your little Golden retriever is nice. You don't see 'spotty' one's very often, do you? Derrrrrrrrrr.