Oct 19 2008
No Pets Allowed
Pet lovers beware, you may not like this blog. Fair warning!
We do not have any pets in our house. As far as I’m concerned, we will not have pets in our house for a very long time. Pets are needy, sometimes whiny, and occasionally poop on the rug. In short, they’re toddlers with lots of hair. I do not need another toddler in my house right now.
Occasionally, when someone sees Bug petting a kitty nicely, or Bean lovin’ on a dog, they’ll make a comment like, “You guys should get a pet!”
Ummm. No thanks.
We had a cat. We actually adopted her earlier this year. She wanted nothing to do with us until the kids were in bed. At bedtime, when I finally got a chance to breathe, she decided that she wanted to curl up in my lap. Cute, right? Yes, maybe, if you haven’t already spent the day being pawed at by kids, and having your lap continuously occupied by their little booties. When the kids go to bed, I reserve the right to keep my lap booty free.
After a couple of months as our hairy family member, our kitty decided to run up into a tree and get stuck. We figured that she’d come down eventually, but after a few days of hearing her crying from the branches, Turk finally went to go see if he could get her down. He stood on a log below the branch, called out her name, and she fell…
Onto his face.
She did come home, though, so we know the fall didn’t injure her. She stuck around for a few weeks after that, but one day she didn’t come home. That was a few months ago now. We’re pretty sure she was either eaten or found another home. It’s sad, but we aren’t running out to replace her.
Now dogs are a whole other story. At least cats are pretty independent and either poo in a littler box or outside where you’ll probably never see it. Dogs on the other hand… Yuck.
I deal with enough poop on a daily basis, thank you. I do not need to clean up after a dog too.
So for now, we have a No Pets Allowed house, and we’re okay with that. It’s one less expense, one less thing to worry about if we go out of town, one less accident to clean up. Maybe one day when our kids can wipe their own booties and we live on a few acres of land, we’ll think differently.
Sorry pet lovers. I warned ya.
