Instructions For Our Chows

[Larry Harris]

Unknown Author


To be posted VERY LOW on the refrigerator door - pet nose height.


Dear Dogs and Cats:
The dishes with the paw prints are yours and contain your food. The other dishes are mine and contain my food. Please note, placing a paw print in the middle of my plate and food does not stake a claim for it becoming your food and dish, nor do I find that aesthetically pleasing in the slightest.


The stairway was not designed by NASCAR and is not a racetrack. Beating me to the bottom is not the object. Tripping me doesn't help because I fall faster than you can run.


I cannot buy anything bigger than a king sized bed. I am very sorry about this. Do not think I will continue sleeping on the couch to ensure your comfort. Dogs and cats can actually curl up in a ball when they sleep. It is not necessary to sleep perpendicular to each other stretched out to the fullest extent possible I also know that sticking tails straight out and having tongues hanging out the other end to maximize space is nothing but sarcasm.


For the last time, there is no secret exit from the bathroom. If by some miracle I beat you there and manage to get the door shut, it is not necessary to claw, whine, meow, try to turn the knob or get your paw under the edge and try to pull the door open. I must exit through
the same door I entered. Also, I have been using the bathroom for years --canine or feline attendance is not required.


The proper order is kiss me, then go smell the other dog or cat's butt. I cannot stress this enough!


To pacify you, my dear pets, I have posted the following message on our front door:


To All Non-Pet Owners Who Visit & Like to Complain About Our Pets:
1. They live here. You don't.
2. If you don't want their hair on your clothes, stay off the furniture. That's why they call it "fur"niture.
3. I like my pets a lot better than I like most people.
4. To you, they are an animal. To me, he/she is an adopted son/daughter who is short, hairy, walks on all fours and doesn't speak clearly


Remember: Dogs and cats are better than kids because they:
1. Eat less
2. Don't ask for money all the time
3 Are easier to train
4. Normally come when called
5. Never ask to drive the car
6. Don't hang out with drug-using friends
7.. Don't smoke or drink
8. Don't have to buy the latest fashions
9. Don't want to wear your clothes
10. Don't need a gazillion dollars for college, and...
11. If they get pregnant, you can sell their children

[janet]

larry that is hysterical, and very very true.

[vicster605]

I love it!!!!

[Laura]

Oh I love it! Too funny! Thanks for posting!

[Dogdad]

I love it. Maxwell doesn't agree with the bed part and Yoshi disagrees with the my food is my food line but other than that they approve.

David

[Chow Chow Mama]

I can sympathize about the king size bed part. We used to have a king size bed and Holden and Tucker would both sleep on it with us. When we downsized to a queen, Holden was quite upset! Now he can only sleep on it when one of us is there, not both. I'm sure if he could talk, he'd say "What were you thinking?? Now there's no room for me!"

[newguy18]

thats funny AND true!

[midnightstars]

I loved it and its oh so true.

[Auddymay]

My royalty does not deign to read proclamations from the peasants.