Reasons why dogs are bad
Oct. 12th, 2008 01:36 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
xenithThey make going away for a night or two inconvenient/impossible.
They make travelling for longer periods impossible/inconvenient & expensive
They make it hard to find anywhere to rent.
They tie you down for many years.
They piddle on everything.
They chew everything.
They leave bits of chewed up stuff all over the floor.
They cost money, ongoing
They wake up at inappropriate times and demand you GET UP NOW so they can go outside.
They bark when you don't pay them enough attention.
They steal meat from the grocery shopping, and vegetables from the vegetable bin and eat the cucumber just before you pick it.
They chase cats, and birds, and everything else that's not a dog.
They dig holes where you've just planted new plants, & bury things that they've stolon.
They sit on your favourite plants and kill them, or eat them, or dig them up.
They dig under fences and beat up the dog next door.
They escape, or you think they will, so you worry all the time.
They ruin photos by always being in them.
They shed all over the floor, bed, clothes & car seats
They get into rubbish bins.
They get sick.
They die.
They make travelling for longer periods impossible/inconvenient & expensive
They make it hard to find anywhere to rent.
They tie you down for many years.
They piddle on everything.
They chew everything.
They leave bits of chewed up stuff all over the floor.
They cost money, ongoing
They wake up at inappropriate times and demand you GET UP NOW so they can go outside.
They bark when you don't pay them enough attention.
They steal meat from the grocery shopping, and vegetables from the vegetable bin and eat the cucumber just before you pick it.
They chase cats, and birds, and everything else that's not a dog.
They dig holes where you've just planted new plants, & bury things that they've stolon.
They sit on your favourite plants and kill them, or eat them, or dig them up.
They dig under fences and beat up the dog next door.
They escape, or you think they will, so you worry all the time.
They ruin photos by always being in them.
They shed all over the floor, bed, clothes & car seats
They get into rubbish bins.
They get sick.
They die.
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Date: 2008-10-12 04:51 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-10-12 05:04 am (UTC):)
These are the things you forget after a while.
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Date: 2008-10-12 11:05 am (UTC)Worse.
Reasons why dogs are bad: counter-argument
Date: 2008-10-12 10:33 pm (UTC)They *make* you get up in the morning, even when you don't want to face the world.
They greet every day with an enthusiastic "Aint it just great to be alive!", and eventually you begin to believe them.
They're a "convenient excuse" for you to get exercise. (I'm not walking for *my* health, but my dog really needs the walk.)
You don't need to buy fancy leotards, tops & joggers, or pay hideously expensive gym memberships to get fit with a dog.
A dog doesn't give a damn what you look like as long as you can work a can-opener at meal times!
They're a "convenient excuse" to talk to other people (with or without dogs.)
You can have a shitty day at work, you can feel like your words and actions make no impact on anyone or anything, then your dog looks at you with love and you feel the centre of the Universe.
If a dog annoys you, you can put it out the back yard and lock the door. (You can't do that with kids or husbands!)
Dogs happily eat the three day old leftovers you don't want to risk eating.
Dogs try to help out by "recycling" the cat's food.
Dogs lick your tears away.
Dogs snuggle close to you on cold nights, or in thunderstorms.
Dogs love you unconditionally.
Yes, dogs die: but they live in our hearts forever.
Re: Reasons why dogs are bad: counter-argument
Date: 2008-10-13 03:54 am (UTC)Not listening. That's just canine propaganda.
Re: Reasons why dogs are bad: counter-argument
Date: 2008-10-13 04:23 am (UTC)Re: Reasons why dogs are bad: counter-argument
Date: 2008-10-13 04:25 am (UTC)Re: Reasons why dogs are bad: counter-argument
Date: 2008-10-13 04:43 am (UTC)