101 ways to tell if your dog rules your life!

Curbside Prophet · 12-12-2006, 12:48 PM

I'm sure as dog owners you've noticed that your life is different in so many ways than say your non-dog owning family or friends. So, this thread is to highlight all the unique ways our dogs influence and rule our lives. I'll start with the first few.

1. Every dog toy has it's own name..."tomcat", "mad cow", "purple tail", "mean kitty", "stinky squirrel", and "blue octopus"...as opposed to her "red octopus", just to name a few.

2. You've noticed that your dog eats better than you do.

3. Animal Planet is always on the TV.

blackgavotte · 12-12-2006, 01:00 PM

4. I live in an area I don't care for, in a house I'm not crazy about, because it worked for me to keep my dogs when I retired, rather than put them down since both are pretty much un-adoptable.

5. Instead of putting in a new furnace, I built a super fence for the dogs. Pray the furnace keeps on going people !

Snowshoe · 12-12-2006, 05:36 PM

6. Despite our original "no pets on the bed" rule, my bed and couch are covered with puppy fur.

7. Walking through our living room is like walking through a mine field of toys and bones.

Booga · 12-12-2006, 06:25 PM

8. When I first got my dog, I said he would be mostly outside so I bought an igloo and put blankets in there. I bought a fleece bed so he can lay outside in the sun.
Guess where he spends 90% of his time? Inside with me. I don't dare put him outside at night now.

9. My dog and cat get taken care of first, fed, litter/poop cleaned, watered, and exercised before I even brush my teeth.

10. I spend more money on dog toys, treats etc., then my own makeup etc.

tirluc · 12-12-2006, 10:13 PM

11. i drive a mini van so that my dogs have plenty of room, w/ a sign on the dash that reads "This vehicle is maintained for the security and comfort of my dogs....if you cannot except this, get out and walk". and alot of the time people sit in the back so my oldest female can ride shotgun....

12. i have a job that pays considerably less than i could be making just cuz i can take my dogs to work w/ me....one of the "perks"....

13. i am starting another job so that i can spend the daytime hrs w/ my dogs and get paid for having fun w/ them......

Dulce · 12-12-2006, 10:28 PM

14. I no longer buy things for myself. Only toys, treats, beds, clothes, and expensive food/medications.

15. I clean the pets bedding more than my own.

Brooklyn · 12-13-2006, 09:28 AM

16. You're on a dog forum.

SCWT · 12-13-2006, 09:33 AM

17. Making sure that there is a stuffed Kong in the freezer takes priority over ensuring there is food for us for dinner.

SCWT · 12-13-2006, 09:34 AM

18. You are on mulitiple dog forums to make sure you get different opinions !

Curbside Prophet · 12-13-2006, 10:56 AM

19. Your day revolves around a poo schedule.

sobreeze · 12-13-2006, 03:38 PM

20. grandma sets for fur babies not skin kids i call them her grand kids
21. we take 4 dogs every where unless they are nit allowed and if thats the case we may not go there sad but true the do run our lives but my world is so full because of them

blackrose · 12-13-2006, 05:00 PM

22. You carry a picture of your dogs around with you in your wallet and proudly point them out to people.
23. You reach down into your coat pocket to grab your cellphone but instead come out with a handful of treats on accident.
24. You buy your purse with these thoughts in mind: "Will it hold an extra leash, poop bags, and treats?"

Snowshoe · 12-13-2006, 06:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Curbside Prophet

19. Your day revolves around a poo schedule.

Amen.

Curbside Prophet · 12-14-2006, 10:17 AM

25. You accidentally wash your hair with dog shampoo.
26. Out of the 5 items in your mail box, 3 of them are dog catalogs, and the other 2 are credit card bills for the items you recently purchased from said catalogs.
27. 10 gifts are under your Christmas tree, and 9 of them are for your dog...the tenth is addressed from your dog to you.

Tamara · 12-14-2006, 10:55 AM

28. When you spend a stupid amount of money on a super king sized bed so we are all snug as bugs!

29. When you look at your bank statement

30. You holidays are all "dog friendly"

31. Your mother has to fly over to see you as we don'ty want to leave the dogs

32. When you find yourself cooking rabbits, tripe, kidnies, livers and you are a vegetarian!

cshellenberger · 12-14-2006, 11:39 AM

33. When you can't get up from your computer chair without stepping on a dog

34. When you have a lint brush and slinger towels in every room.

Lorina · 12-14-2006, 02:40 PM

35. The dog has more grooming tools than you have.

Curbside Prophet · 12-14-2006, 05:40 PM

#24 still has my chuckling.

36. You ask for plastic instead of paper, because paper just doesn't pick up poo like plastic.
37. Your dog wears the safety reflector vest on night walks, but you don't.
38. You know more about what's in your dog's food than you do your own food.

Sawyer · 12-14-2006, 06:57 PM

Curb, I love #27!

40. You've actually said to your spouse or other loved one (and completely serious), "honey, go look at his poop, does it look okay?"

41. You've been a parent for years and never bothered with a forum (what's a forum?) You've had your pup 3 days and now your hooked.

42. Your pup has his own spot for treats in the lazy daisy right along with the kids' snacks.

Sawyer · 12-14-2006, 07:39 PM

43. It doesn't occur to you to be irritated that you cannot find your shoe. Instead you think it's cute and funny, if not down right clever, that your puppy has hidden it yet again. Wedged behind the toilet, hidden behind the sofa cushion, on your child's bed, in the bathtub...