If I didn't have a Dog

[K9sH3]

If I didn't have a dog.
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 door bell 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 not have strange presents under my Christmas tree-dog bones,
stuffed animals, toys, treats nor would I have to explain to people why I
wrap them.
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 words used 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 and extra
leash.
I would no longer have to Spell the words B-A-L-L, F-R-I-S-B-E, W-A-L-K,
T-R-E-A-T, B-I-K-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 don't have a dog.

I thought you might also enjoy a few famous quotes about dogs - -

There is no psychiatrist in the world like a pupply licking your face --
Bern Williams

If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous he will not bite
you. This is the principal difference between a dog and a man -- Mark
Twain.

My goal in life is to be as good a person as my dog already thinks I am -
- Author Unknown

Dogs are not our whole life, but they make our lives whole - - Roger Caras