Puppy Test (Page 2): How true! Except during some military assignments, I cannot think of anytime I have not had dogs, usually two of them. I currently have a full sized Aussie and a...

G. Crook Loc: Linden, TX

How true! Except during some military assignments, I cannot think of anytime I have not had dogs, usually two of them. I currently have a full sized Aussie and a mini Aussie. I would be lost without their company.

Curmudgeon Loc: SE Arizona

Puppies are cute and babies are cute--as long as they belong to someone else

Adopt a dog that is housebroken and fits your life style. Adopt a 25 year, gainfully employed baby who will support you for the rest of your life.

jackm1943 Loc: Omaha, Nebraska

jerryc41 wrote:

Before you get a puppy, take the Puppy Test.

Best taken in the autumn or mid winter.

1. Buy a lead and tie it to a big stone, walk around dragging the stone behind you.
2. Get up at 5am, go out in the pouring rain and walk up and down a muddy path, repeating good girl/boy, wee wees...poo poos, quickly please
3. Stuff your pockets with plastic bags and pick up all the poo you can find, obviously not your dogs as you have not bought it yet ??
4. Start wearing your shoes indoors, especially during muddy times
5. Collect leaves off the ground and spread them on the floor
6. Carry sticks and branches indoors and chop them up on your carpet
7. Pour cold apple juice on the rug and floor....walk barefooted over it in the dark
8. Drop some chocolate pudding on your carpet in the morning and then try to clean it in the evening
9. Wear socks to which you have made holes using a blender
10. Jump out of your favorite chair just before the movie ends and run to open the back door
11. Cover all your best clothes with dog hair, dark clothes with blond hairs and light clothes with dark hairs
12. Tip all just ironed clothes on the floor
13. Make little pin holes in all your furniture, especially chair and table legs
14. When doing dishes, splash water all over the place and don't wipe it.
15. Spread toilet paper all over the house when you leave the house and tidy up when you get back home
16. Forget any impulse holidays and/or breaks
17. Always go straight home after work or school
18. Go for walks no matter what the weather, and inspect every dirty paper, chewing gum and dead fly you might find
19. Stand at your back door at five in the morning shouting, "Bring Mr Bumble and Mr Lion in, its raining.”
20. Wake up at 3am. Place a correct size bag of flour on top of yourself and try to sleep, whilst wiping your face with a dishcloth, which you have left next to your bed in a bowl last week.
Repeat everyday over 6 months and if you still think getting a puppy sounds like a good idea, Congratulations, you might be ready to get your puppy.

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LOL. Numbers 2 and 18 hit real close to home. My little Yorkie is a trooper tho, and will go out in the worst weather to do his doody. Of course, I'm always attached to him at the time.
Before this dog, we had cats for about the last 50 years. You just had to show them where the litterbox was and you were good to go.

Minitman Loc: Centreville, Virginia

Been there and done that multiple times - it's more than worth it. The only thing that is more fulfilling is to rescue a dog.

Jerry Coupe Loc: Kent, WA

We brought home a labradoodle in Nov 2019. Many of the items in the test list we have experienced....but despite wanting to give him away occasionally, River has brought so much fun and joy to our lives.

ORpilot Loc: Prineville, Or

jerryc41 wrote:

Before you get a puppy, take the Puppy Test.

Best taken in the autumn or mid winter.

1. Buy a lead and tie it to a big stone, walk around dragging the stone behind you.
2. Get up at 5am, go out in the pouring rain and walk up and down a muddy path, repeating good girl/boy, wee wees...poo poos, quickly please
3. Stuff your pockets with plastic bags and pick up all the poo you can find, obviously not your dogs as you have not bought it yet ??
4. Start wearing your shoes indoors, especially during muddy times
5. Collect leaves off the ground and spread them on the floor
6. Carry sticks and branches indoors and chop them up on your carpet
7. Pour cold apple juice on the rug and floor....walk barefooted over it in the dark
8. Drop some chocolate pudding on your carpet in the morning and then try to clean it in the evening
9. Wear socks to which you have made holes using a blender
10. Jump out of your favorite chair just before the movie ends and run to open the back door
11. Cover all your best clothes with dog hair, dark clothes with blond hairs and light clothes with dark hairs
12. Tip all just ironed clothes on the floor
13. Make little pin holes in all your furniture, especially chair and table legs
14. When doing dishes, splash water all over the place and don't wipe it.
15. Spread toilet paper all over the house when you leave the house and tidy up when you get back home
16. Forget any impulse holidays and/or breaks
17. Always go straight home after work or school
18. Go for walks no matter what the weather, and inspect every dirty paper, chewing gum and dead fly you might find
19. Stand at your back door at five in the morning shouting, "Bring Mr Bumble and Mr Lion in, its raining.”
20. Wake up at 3am. Place a correct size bag of flour on top of yourself and try to sleep, whilst wiping your face with a dishcloth, which you have left next to your bed in a bowl last week.
Repeat everyday over 6 months and if you still think getting a puppy sounds like a good idea, Congratulations, you might be ready to get your puppy.

Before you get a puppy, take the Puppy Test. br b... (show quote)

Yes but it is all worth it.

RodeoMan Loc: St Joseph, Missouri

2Dragons wrote:

And as much as I love them, those are the reasons why I do not have a dog.

A dog is better off that they don't have you/

DeanS Loc: Capital City area of North Carolina

Jerry, wonder if you ever had a dog that became "just like family"

scallihan Loc: Tigard, OR

That's really funny. May I plagiarize it?

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

Runninglate wrote:

I always love to pet someone else's dog.

I never do that, and I don't like people petting my dogs. My son works in Lowe's, and they allow dogs. He has seen many scary interactions between dogs and strangers.