What do you love about dogs?

[Bouncy Ball]

1. They don't care what you look like. They don't care if you've been in the same jammies for three days, if you have onion breath, or if you are in serious need of a haircut.

2. If you're sick, everyone else might run from your germs, but your dog will never leave your side. Ever.

3. Your dog doesn't argue with you about which DVD to pop in.

4. A well-trained dog can and does let you know what it needs. And understands a lot of the words you use.

5. Your dog can be sound asleep, but if you get up at 3 am, they will wake up and watch you to see if everything's ok.

6. They are some of the most patient creatures on earth.

7. Two words: unconditional love.

What am I missing?

On edit, I'm missing a VERY important one:

KISSES!

[Spinzonner]

1. They're not cats

[Bouncy Ball]

3. BWA!

Some people would strongly agree with you on that!

We have a cat, too, but that's a different kind of relationship. She's pissy and demanding, makes us sneeze and pukes in our shoes.

If I get up in the middle of the night she glares at me like "What the fuck did you wake me UP for biatch?"

[Wapsie B]

31. Took the words right outa my mouth.

:hide:

[Scout1071]

2. Sounds good to me. And, it seems as if you are begging me to post this

again today:

[Bouncy Ball]

4. Ooooo

I want to kiss that sweet face.

[Scout1071]

7. He's curled up asleep next to me after a 3 mile run.

I love it when he's like this - asleep and peaceful!

[medeak]

5. who else would put head in lap when on the toilet? n/t

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

6. I like it that they smile.

I'm basically more of a cat person, but dogs are cool, too, and I always get a kick out of the doggy smile.

[Bouncy Ball]

8. For you:

[smbolisnch]

9. Absolutely everything!

:D

[Scout1071]

10. Aaahh....what are their names?

[Bouncy Ball]

18. The dogs in the picture? No idea.

Google images.

[Scout1071]

11. Self-delete...dupe!

[MidwestMomma]

12. They have the most expressive eyes in the world

Don't you think?

[short bus president]

13. the good ones clean up their own vomit

;-)

[Scout1071]

15. That is absolutely disgusting.

[short bus president]

16. you'd rather pick it up yourself?

:shrug:

[Scout1071]

19. Yes.

I don't like changing diapers either, but I wouldn't let a kid just sit in a pile of shit.

[short bus president]

24. A good kid would clean it up...

;-)

[Bouncy Ball]

25. We have a rule for our dog:

No eating the cat's food, either before or AFTER she's eaten it.

[short bus president]

27. yeah - other people's (animals') heavings, or other leavings

are to be avoided. But I have bulldogs. They're a very pukey breed. Hell, if mine didn't clean up their own vomit, they'd prolly starve.

[LosinIt]

34. One of our Boston Terriers is a puker too

He is an excitable boy. You'd think that we beat him, yeah, beat him with love.

[Gloria]

14. that's such a nice list...I would add, that they make me feel pure love...

I look at mine and sometimes my eyes well up with tears because I love them so much.

It offsets the CRAP I HATE in the world...

[driver8]

36. Gloria, I feel the same way. I know that no matter how bad I feel

or how rotten a day I have had, my dog will be there waiting for me. He will be glad to see me and always loves me...Dogs really are amazing.

I told my wife that if I had found out when we were dating that she didn't like dogs, we never would have been married.

[SnohoDem]

17. Everything!

n/t

[gardenista]

20. Their ears are the softest thing in the world. nt

[Bouncy Ball]

21. So true.

And they are very kissable creatures.

In fact, I think mine needs some attention now.

[gardenista]

30. Sigh... I don't have one in my life right now, so my

husband doesn't really understand why he just got his head scratched and his tummy rubbed. I'll never tell because he won't want the competition, and there *will* be a dog in my life by the end of this very busy year.

Can't wait!

[intheflow]

22. I like that "dog" backwards is "god."

Dogs are totally amazing. They search out survivors of disasters, they can smell cancer, sense when people are are about to have seizures, and they assist blind people and paraplegics. The mayor of Guffey, CO is a dog.



Ziggy (1994-97)

[Bouncy Ball]

23. Ziggy

is adorable. He lived three years?

I often type out dog and accidentally type god. Or I go to type God and type Dog.

[intheflow]

28. Ziggy was the sweetest dog ever. His death was tragic.

But we had an asshole neighbor who set out hamburger laced with antifreeze. Two neighborhood dogs died that day. Ziggy held out for 2 months before his kidneys failed. It was a totally tragic event in my life. And we couldn't prove it was our neighbor because none of us saw him put it out. But there are four houses in the neighborhood, three have dogs and one has a person who hates dog and threatened the owners all the time. What do you think?

Come to think of it, we dog-owners were all union Dem-types. That guy was a fundie freeper-type. And he had a flock of mean geese that would sometimes charge me as I got in or out of my car in my driveway. I was glad to move away from him.

[Bouncy Ball]

29. Geese? Yeesh.

And WHAT scum. I am so sorry, I burn up when I hear about ANY animal cruelty. For the most part, they cannot defend themselves, we are almost always more powerful.

:hug:

[Rowdyboy]

26. Definitely the unconditional love

My mom gave it to me, my partner does now, and so does my dog ....Other than that, I've never experienced it.

[SheilaT]

32. The very best part

about running for office last year was that I always knew if a household had a dog or two. Or even three. I'm convinced that if I'd gone door-to-door long enough I would have eventually learned exactly which bark meant "Go away! No humans are home" and which ones meant "Hey humans! There's some strange human at the door!"

On really good days I felt as if I was walking the neighborhood just to meet all the dogs, never mind asking for votes.

[kodi]

33. they live their lives righteously. humans should be so lucky

my DU namesake, Kodi

[Floogeldy]

35. How their intelligence transcends ours in almost psychic ways

My sweet little doggie will bark very quietly and in a muffled way if someone comes on my property (without making any noise, I might add).

The quiet bark alerts me that someone is near, but the bark is not loud enough to alert the intruder that my doggie is alerting me of the intruder's presence.

Very shrewd and knowing, indeed.

B-)

[Bouncy Ball]

38. I forgot about that, too.

Our Hannah is the consummate watchdog. She is fiercely protective of us.

They're awesome.

[retread]

37. They don't get mad when I pee in their water bowl.

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