How many of the following apply to you? We’d say if you answer “yes” to at least half of them, you qualify as a real dog person!
You know you’re a real dog person when:
- You sometimes limit your out-of-the-house social activities because you feel guilty leaving your dog home alone.
- You can sit stone-faced through a movie or TV show where people are being killed — but if someone hurts a dog, you leave the room and burst into tears.
- You often make special trips to a supermarket to buy cheese sticks and peanut butter — for your dog.
- When the annoying person you’ve been dodging for months suddenly tells you they just got a puppy, you instantly become their new best friend.
- You can recognize your dog’s bark among a crowd of dogs.
- You always leave some food on your plate — just so your dog can lick it.
- You go to bed earlier than you’d like so you have time to exercise your dog before leaving for work in the morning.
- Your friend comments on how attractive that man or woman is — but all you notice is the dog they’re walking.
- You sleep with your knees practically touching your forehead, or your legs hanging off the bed, because your dog likes to spread out.
- You make do with the couch at night because your dog likes the recliner.
- When people show you photos of their kids, you politely say, “How nice” — but you “ooh” and “aah” when you look at dog photos.
- When you see a dog left inside a car in a parking lot on a hot day, you review your formerly pacifistic feelings about the death penalty.
- When you were a kid and a friend invited you over to play, if they had a dog, you ignored the friend and spent the whole time petting the dog.
- You love the smell of puppy breath.
- You’ve had the worst day of your life and you’ve been snapping at everyone, but the sight of your wagging dog can make you feel less like crap — and can even make you smile.
- You’ve actually cancelled (or refused to consider) vacations because you couldn’t stand the thought of boarding your dog.
- When you’ve taken a vacation, you’ve spent an inordinate amount of time worrying if your dog is OK.
- You know what the Puppy Bowl is.
- When people ask who your best friend is, you wonder if it’s OK to say it’s your dog.
- When someone compliments you on your dog, you instantly like them and consider them an intelligent person.
- When people ask you why you still have that ripped up chair, torn blanket, etc., your answer is, “Because my dog likes it.”
- You wonder about people who prefer cats!
Did we forget anything? Let us know in the comments section below!
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