If I didn’t have dogs

If I didn’t have dogs…….I could walk around the yard barefoot in safety.

My house could be carpeted instead of tiled and laminated.

All flat surfaces, clothing, furniture, & cars would be freeof hair.

When the doorbell rings, I could get to the door withoutwading 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 severalfur 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,

asI 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 ALONE.

My house would not be cordoned off into zones with babygates or barriers.

My house would not look like a daycare center, toys everywhere.My pockets would not contain things like poop bags, treats andan 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 or 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 ONEdog/cat ties them down too much.

I’d look forward to spring and the rainy season instead ofdreading “mud” season.

I would not have to answer the question “Why do you haveso many animals?’ from people who will never have the joy intheir lives of knowing they are loved unconditionally by someoneas close to an angel as they will ever get.

How EMPTY my life would be!

from Big Shot Bob in Texas