This is a considerably mushy put up, folks, so don’t say I didn’t warn you: I may be a bit bit obsessive about my canine.
It’s not like I sit round knitting canine sweaters whereas watching Westminster or posting these immensely miserable “to be destroyed tomorrow” kill shelter pictures on my Facebook web page — I’m not that canine woman. But I’m the primary to inform those that life is healthier with a canine to come back home to. Especially on these days if you’re fairly certain you’re having a midlife disaster at no matter age you occur to be (is 28 too early?). That canine will hearken to you. Unless your associate is baking a hen within the subsequent room.
Anyway, it’s Valentine’s month, so listed here are just some causes I’m in mad love with my canine (however hopefully not in a creepy approach). I’d love to listen to your personal causes within the feedback.
1. He’s my first.
You often bear in mind your first kiss/automotive/boyfriend/girlfriend/paycheck with some fondness. As a child, I used to be nuts about dogs and my mother and father dog-blocked me at each flip, producing sibling after sibling till we have been 10. “Dogs are cheaper than kids,” I’d yell. “Turn off the sibling faucet!” They didn’t pay attention, though they did give me a sequence of guinea pigs. (Ask me about my guinea pig graveyard someday … these poor little guys by no means lasted lengthy.)
Moxie (also referred to as Mr. Socks, Pooch, and The Moxter), now 4 years old, is my first canine. He received’t be my final, however he’ll at all times win the pissing-to-mark-territory contest for my coronary heart.
2. He’s my clown.
Sometimes I come home and discover him waltzing across the condo with my underwear round his neck. He does essentially the most ridiculous little dance after I inform him it’s time for a deal with. I as soon as watched him drag a rawhide bone half his measurement throughout the condo. He will get actually excited after I flush the bathroom. He’ll get obsessive about licking the sheets and go away an enormous moist spot on my associate’s facet of the mattress.
Life could be so lame with out him.
3. He’s my muse.
I lied. I AM that canine woman. In truth, my license plate reads DOGLADY. (With a coronary heart the place the “O” ought to be. Really.) I like the place dogs and artwork intersect — sufficient to get 4 sighthounds tattooed on my pores and skin in three places. Moxie’s doppelganger lives simply behind my left shoulder.
4. He solely is aware of one trick, nevertheless it’s one which counts.
Does your canine use a litter field? MY DOG USES A LITTER BOX! He received’t play useless or roll over or fetch something to save lots of his disguise, however so far as I’m involved, he will get a free cross for all times.
5. He places up with me.
When you get your first canine, you generally purchase outfits for that canine. Many, many outfits, a few of them knitted. And your canine will put on them anyway — that santa swimsuit over the vacations, these bunny ears in April — largely as a result of he has no selection, but additionally as a result of he loves you. Right? Maybe?
6. He reacts this manner after I get home from a visit (forgive the shoddy cellphone digicam footage):
7. He has taught me extra about being human than precise people.
People inform me he’s “just a dog,” however I’ve skilled extra empathy, extra kindness, extra compassion from this four-legger than I’ve from most two-leggers. His zeal for all times is contagious. And for a young canine, he appears extremely sensible.
8. He doesn’t care what I’m sporting. Or if I scent. (In truth, he prefers if I scent.)
I may very well be sporting my Hello Kitty sweats, and an outsized shirt, and have gone three days with out a bathe and he’ll nonetheless suppose I’m a beautiful, delicate specimen. Not that I do any of these issues. Ever.
Dogster readers: How does your canine present you s/he loves you? Do you will have a dog-themed license plate? I wish to know!
