By: J. Chapman
House Dogs
You are probably a dog owner if you are reading this and perhaps you will at least feel some sympathy for me once you do read on. After you take your dogs for a walk in the rain and mud how do you get them ready to go back into the house? My wife and I keep several old towels at the back door and every time the dogs get back from a walk, we grab them and try to wipe their paws and other messy places off. It can be crazy when you have 3 dogs, wet and cold, at the same time and all they want is to get to the fireplace to warm up. If you have another method, please write me and give me some fresh ideas. I have seen people that crate their dogs until they have dried off and cleaned up somewhat just by being in their crates with clean bedding. But I can not stand to hear the dogs calling out for immediate companionship. I am always in trouble with my wife for being too soft.
Another bad time is bedtime. When we decide to go to bed and the dogs see us heading for the bedroom, Lookout! It is a mad dash for the best spots. The 3 cockers get the prime middle spots and my wife and I are usually thankful to get barely on the sides of the king sized bed with a little bit of the covers each! And during the night, if the dogs want to go out the doggy door and use the bathroom or just bark at the raccoons in the yard, they will just walk right over us. When they come back, they walk on us again. Now there has got to be other people who live this type of life. If you are one and have any good ideas, please write me and let me know what your secrets are. I would really appreciate any suggestions. Just not getting rid of our dogs. We have talked about that and we would rather go on like this than give up our best friends!
I look forward to hearing from some of you. There has got to be some great ideas out there concerning the above described doggy deals. People who don't love dogs can not understand how we could get like this. But if you have a dog you love, you know exactly what I am talking about. We found out that kids will grow up and go off and leave you. But dogs will be forever faithful. I doubt that anyone can debate that point. But the trade offs can get you down sometimes. Like the bed! Well, thanks for listening to me and I am anxiously awaiting some sage advice.
