It’s Woof It: Get A Dog.

March 17th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Almost 2 years and 4 months ago my husband and I started a dialogue on the possibility of getting a dog. Well, it was more of one-way conversation - mostly me trying to convince him that it would be good for us. Thank goodness I married someone like my Father, who can’t deny a good ol’ fashion, well thought-out, strategically-said, steaming bag of poopy. Either way, it worked and now I offer you, my friends, my top 10 convincing reasons to get a dog:

Hun/Babe/Sweetie/Snookums, we should get a dog because…

TEN. If I get injured, we can train Lucy as my therapy dog without going through a non-profit organization.

NINE. I will have someone else to talk to when you are too busy watching/playing sports and won’t interrupt you as much. And when I’m playing sports I’ll have another fan!

EIGHT. I will feel much safer at night when walking alone with a 100lbs, black dog. Hun, I know I have years of jujitsu training, but they might have more advanced training than I! I do too walk at night alone even now without a dog, why it just so happens that I did it just last month, that night that you worked late.

SEVEN. It will be a good test for us to see if we are ready for children. No no, I won’t want another dog after this one…just one *cough*pack*cough* and then children. Promise.

SIX. I want to meet new people in our new community and endless hours of Stumbling across the vast space that is the internet isn’t working. Studies show that you are more likely to get spoken to when you have a dog.

FIVE. You know how you always say that those extra 10 pounds you’ve put on means that there is more of you to love? One more member of the family would mean there would be more to love!

FOUR. Dozer could decrease my high blood pressure…er…when it does rise!

THREE. You know how you always complain that I’m using stress as an “excuse”? Well studies have shown that animals reduce ones stress more than any human can. And you know what that means… *suggestive wink*

TWO. I understand animal behaviour better than human behaviour and it would make me feel better knowing that I understood something in this world.

THE NUMBER ONE CONVINCING TRICK.

Go and find the cutest puppy picture ever (e.g. Check out Sharon Montrose for ammunition) and say, “how can you say no to this?”