Am I Ready To Have A Dog Or A Cat?

Dogs and cats, you just can’t help loving them.  But, as much as giving you huge amounts of ‘unconditional love’ goes, being a 'doggy and/or moggy mum or dad' means realizing that life can now only go on if some minor adjustments are made … on your part, that is!

So when you are ready to ask yourself the question – ‘Am I truly ready to share my life with a dog and/or a cat?’ - the checklist below might be a good place to start.

Do I realize that from here on …

-  My garden will now be a ‘toilet’ and I will no longer be able to walk around the yard barefoot or otherwise with complete confidence.

-  My carpets will be replaced with tiles, timber or laminate.

-  My floors, clothing, furniture, bench-tops and cars will never again be free of pet hair.

-  I will never again own or wear anything black.

-  When my doorbell rings, it will always sound like we live in a kennel.

-  When the doorbell rings, I will never ever get to the door first ...  rather I will need to dodge bouncing, barking and purring fuzzy bodies to get there.

-  I will never ever have the couch or my bed to myself ever again. In fact I may never get to use the couch again … ever!!

-  I will never ever have another guilt free vacation.

-  I will be on a first-name basis with 6 or more veterinarians, as I put their yet unborn kids  or grand-kids through college.

-  My vocabulary will revolve around 6 words and 1 statement : out, sit, down, come, no, stay, and leave him/her/it ALONE.

-  My house will be cordoned off into zones with baby gates or barriers.

-  I will catch myself using 'baby talk' more and more - 'Eat your din-din' and 'Yummy yummy for the tummy' - 'Wanna go walkies'.

-  My pockets will be constantly filled with things like poop bags, treats and an extra leash.

-  I will constantly have to spell words like …

B-A-T-H,

B-A-L-L,

F-R-I-S-B-E-E,

W-A-L-K,

T-R-E-A-T,

C-A-R, P-A-R-K,

R-I-D-E,

B-O-N-E.

-  I will grow to love having wet and muddy paw print designs on all my household surfaces on rainy days or after hosing the garden.

-  I will now look strangely at people who think having ONE dog/cat ties them down too  much.

-  I will not 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 something as close to an angel as they will ever get.

-  How EMPTY my life would be!!!

-  Did you know … 'Dogs can smell a good person a mile away'

If like us you share your life with one or more of  these most wonderful beings ...

then put it right there ....!

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