You know your a dog person when...

[Dobie]

You Know You're a Dog Person When . . .

You have a kid's wading pool in the yard, but no small children.

You have baby gates installed at strategic places around the
house, but no babies - just dogs.

The garbage can is permanently installed under the kitchen sink
to keep the dog(s) out of it while you're not home OR it has a lock!

You can't see out the passenger side window of your car because there are slobber marks all over the inside.
Pooper scooping has become a source of conversation for you and your significant other at the end of a day.

You have 12 different names for your dog - most make no sense to humans, but the dog ALWAYS understands you.

Your dog eats poop sometimes, but you still let them kiss you
[ just not immediately afterward of course! ]

You sign and send greeting cards from you and the dog(s).

You put an extra pillow/blanket on your bed so the dog(s) can be more comfortable. In the winter, a heated mattress pad.

You'd rather stay home on Sat night and watch a rented DVD and
cuddle your dog(s) than go out to the real movies.

You don't think it's the least bit strange to stand in the backyard while it's raining because your dog needs to go out during a storm.

Your dog's getting old & arthritic, so you get them a
small staircase to climb onto the bed or couch by themselves.

You have your dog's picture(s) on your office desk.

Your parents refer to your dog(s) as their granddog(s).

You never completely finish a steak so your dog gets to try too.

You keep eating even after finding a dog hair in your pasta.

You make popcorn to play catch with your dog(s) while watching TV.

You keep an endless supply of sticky hair removal rollers on hand for dog fur - every room of the house, in the cars & at the office!

[judy]

So true Dobie, so true!

" You can't see out the passenger side window of your car because there are slobber marks all over the inside." Not only do I have slobber marks, I have a really hard time turning the wheel because I have 2 dogs in my way on my lap.
It makes parking quite a chore!

[Janet]

Those were great Dobie. I hadn't seen them before, but wow...talk about TRUE!!!!

[Shada]

I can totally relate to quite a few of these!

[DianaB]

Me too!!! Very cute!

[Gina]

I can relate to some also thanks Dobie.. btw Judy Gucci is famous for sitting all over me when driving. lol I hold her with one hand and the wheel with the other. Quite a challenge...lol

[Marilyn]

Oh, my goodness, I posted in this thread, and it's not here!!

This is one of the truest statements about pet ownership that I've every read, and I agree with Judy, I drive with two dogs in my lap, and one of them keeps trying to look out the driver's side window which results in him stepping on the window lock, unlocking the windows, and rolling the back ones down. While he is doing this, the other one is trying to climb on my shoulder.

[Tink]

You Know You're a Dog Person When . . .

You have a kid's wading pool in the yard, but no small children.
I have 4... one in each run

You have baby gates installed at strategic places around the
house, but no babies - just dogs. Guilty as charged

The garbage can is permanently installed under the kitchen sink
to keep the dog(s) out of it while you're not home OR it has a lock!
It's in a closet

You can't see out the passenger side window of your car because there are slobber marks all over the inside.
I've been using a dog seat belt harness, so this one I can say no to.

Pooper scooping has become a source of conversation for you and your significant other at the end of a day.
He actually helps me do it.

You have 12 different names for your dog - most make no sense to humans, but the dog ALWAYS understands you.
Yepper, it's true.

Your dog eats poop sometimes, but you still let them kiss you
[ just not immediately afterward of course! ]
YUCK

You sign and send greeting cards from you and the dog(s).
Only to certain people.

You put an extra pillow/blanket on your bed so the dog(s) can be more comfortable. In the winter, a heated mattress pad.
No, they sleep on the floor. My dogs are LARGE!

You'd rather stay home on Sat night and watch a rented DVD and
cuddle your dog(s) than go out to the real movies.
I can't remember the last movie we "went to".

You don't think it's the least bit strange to stand in the backyard while it's raining because your dog needs to go out during a storm.
BTDT

You have your dog's picture(s) on your office desk.
I have them as my desktop wallpaper

Your parents refer to your dog(s) as their granddog(s).
Only when we have puppies... Mom refers to them as her grandbabies.


You keep an endless supply of sticky hair removal rollers on hand for dog fur - every room of the house, in the cars & at the office!
Yep, there's usually one within arms reach.