The Confessional: A "Pet" Peeve. Literally.
I apologize in advance. What I am about to reveal may be controversial. And I mean no harm or ill-will. But. I can’t stay silent anymore.
I have a pet peeve I cannot keep leashed-upin the doghouse anymore — Toy Dogs
In particular, pimped-out, primped-out, hair-colored, necklace-and-sweater-wearing — toy dogs. And by “toy dog” I do not mean stuffed animals, I’m talkin’ ’bout the kind with lungs and intestines… that bark and poop and lick their itsy-bitsies… while traveling in a purse.
!!!!!
There. It’s out.
Tar and feather me much?
It drives me CRAZY… to see special strollers (!!!) and designer wardrobes. Cujo crazy.
It drives me crazy… when I am at the grocery store, buying my veggies and raw meat and “Poochie” is in line in front of me. Do toy dogs need to squeeze their own oranges? Do I have to share my grocery space with animals now?
“But they’re so cute!”
So are baby sea otters.
But I don’t pack one in my purse.
It drives me crazy… when I go to a gym or coffee shop and “Fria’s” tufts of pony-tailed fuzz are my greeting when I walk in the door. Cute?… When outside in a park! Gross?… Uh, YEAH. To me. Please don’t forget I have a sensitive gag reflex.
I saw this card and I bought it for me. Becuase it made me laugh so hard. It wasn’t even my birthday. Confession part 2: I buy myself cards…
I guess that pretty much sums it up. If you happen to be reading this and you are the owner/primper/pimper of a toy dog… I am not talking about You. You are not crazy. Totally not. It’s not you, it’s THEM. Really.
*Extras via BlogHer! Make Your Own Ketchup! or Learn How To Write Better! or How To Set-Up a Home Gym (No toy dogs there! Well, unless you have a toy dog… and in that case – party on lil’ dawgie…).
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One of our teachers in our team dresses up her dog in the winter “to keep her warm.” We TOTALLY make fun of her.
i am a pet owner and this crap depresses me. they are freakin’ pets. take that $50 you were about to spend on Fluffy’s collar and donate it to something worthy. I think all of those foofy expensive pet stores should issue “screw the homeless” bumper stickers with everything they sell
I can see utilitarian dog coats for short and single-coated dogs in inclimate weather (my neighbor’s Visla wears a very simple, insulated dog coat when he’s romping around IN THE SNOW). Hair bows and dresses? Not so much, especially since they are most often correlated with owners who do not treat their dogs like dogs, and hence have spoiled, ill-behaved pooches.
FYI, purse dogs in the grocery store may be illegal in your area. I know it is out here in CO. It’s a health code violation (service animals are excepted). Next time it happens, I would absolutely notify management.
Though, when it comes to cafes and the like, they are most likely welcome at the discretion of the management. I live near Boulder, which is like Dog Central, and it’s quite common to see well-mannered pooches hanging with their people at sidewalk cafes. (Some coffee shops even have doggy water stations out front.) Of course, frou-frou purse dogs are less common here – usually these are large, well-maintained, well-mannered canine companions. And I don’t think they are normally *inside* the cafes, so that might be the key here – they aren’t in the establishment where your food and drink are being prepared.
HA! I am not Paris hilton and I WILL NEVER dress my pooch or cat up and carry them with me in my purse.
I mean, NEVER!
LOL.
Love this post!
I do not have a purse dog…mostly because my beagle is fat. But I refuse to ever own a dog that I can fit in my purse. I love big dogs! I have been trying for years to convince my husband that a Great Dane would be the best thing to have ever! Try and dress up THAT dog!
What is the deal with Miss Hilton? Someone said someplace that she would definitely be in a Guinness World Records book being the world’s “Most Overrated Celeb.” As if! Can she act? Is she hot as a model? Double yuck! And escaping of prison earlier? Ms. Untalented skirting her responsibility on account of her great grandpa, or was it her celebrity standing?