If I didn't have my 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 and cars would be free of hair...
When the doorbell rings, it wouldn't sound like a kennel...
I could get to the door without wading through fuzzy bodies who got there before me...
I could sit on the couch and 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 5 veterinarians,

as I put their yet unborn grandkids through college...
The most used words in my vocabulary would not be: out, sit, down, come, no, stay and leave it ALONE...
My house would not be cordoned off into zones with baby gates or barriers...
I would not talk 'baby talk'... "Breakie Time!', 'Eat your din din', 'Yum,Yum,Yum'...

And I would no longer have to spell the words:

B-A-L-L, W-A-L-K, C-A-R, T-R-E-A-T, O-U-T, G-O, R-I-D-E, & C-O-O-K-I-E!!!!!
My house would not look like a day care center, with toys everywhere...
My pockets would not contain things like poop bags, treats and an extra leash...
I'd look forward to spring and the rainy season instead of dreading 'mud' season...
I would not look strangely at people who think having ONE dog ties them down too much...
I would not have to 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 someone as close to an ANGEL as they will ever get!
If I didn't have my dogs, oh how EMPTY my life would be! ♥

 

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With eyes upraised his master's look to scan, The joy, the solace and the aid of man:

The rich man's guardian and the poor man's friend, The only creature faithful to the end.

- George Crabbe