Dogs - Off Topic

Now I do love them. We have an old lab Ace whom I love dearly. However, I know this will offend people, but.....dogs are not people.

I love a cute dog story occasionally but have friends and acquaintances who talk way too much about their pets.

I have a friend with two shit-zoos. She just got a new one last week. They are really like children to her and her husband, but I came back from a vacation and I have a daughter and all she wants to do is yack at me about how cute the puppy is and it's pooping activities. It is all I can do to say get a life to her. I even brought up our own Acie's pooping activity on my nice wool rug, which she wasn't at all interested in. I am so glad I have more of a life than that though honestly.

Like I said I do love animals, but they are animals. She treats them like children and doesn't discipline them and you go over and they just yap and jump on you. They aren't pleasant to be around. My sister's dog was like that too. She would take him with her in the car everywhere and she would pick you up and the car was full of dog hair and when you started talking the dog would start barking and she thought it was cute.

It wasn't.

Anyway I seem to be running into a lot of this lately. And am tired of hearing everyone's dog and cat poop, eating, and sleeping activities. This friend had two of her dogs die last year. They were ancient. Really. Their time was long past. Then she said she and her hubby missed them and all the memories they had of them. Which always seem to be pooping memories. At least kids get potty trained eventually.

Df and I decided when old Acie dies, which won't be long away if he keeps pooping on my rug, their will be no more animals. My kid has moved out and his oldest is moving this year and then all we will have is his 15 year old, which will leave one day and our half dead dog.

I think people who are the best caretakers discipline their dogs and raise them to not be spoiled or annoying to guests. Just like kids. I don't like whiney kids or dogs humping my leg. You aren't doing dogs, or kids, any favors by spoiling them and letting them run your life.

Like I said, I love dogs. I like a good dog story. But enough is enough.