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public service announcement #1: i'm dog sitting right now.
public service announcement #2: i'm cat sitting right now.
public service announcement #3: i'm covered in fur from the moment i get 'home' until the moment i use the lint brush to take it all off & walk out the door.
how do pet owners do it?
first of all, i've never slept with any sort of animal curled up next to my head. the furriest (and largest) animals we ever had growing up were hamsters (the goldfish were close in line for the largest, but didn't have a fighting chance at being the furriest)(except when it was my brother's turn to clean the tank and he forgot to do it). now, i seem to be living on animal planet. cat butt/tail/paws in my face at night. walks in the rain. cans of stinky food. treats. petting. fur.
more fur.
but you know what? these animals are fucking cute. the cat (salvie - short for salvadore) has this scrunched up face like a little old man and enough fur to line several jackets. he's a persian. he meows, but i swear i've also heard him bark. the dog, chloe, is a chow. she's like a giant, moving stuffed teddy bear. she's so mild mannered i wonder if she's real. and she hates walks, particularly if it's raining out. chloe prefers to sit around all day and look cute. and trust me, she does that REALLY well.
pets...
in some ways, it's kind of like babysitting for newborns because i never have a clue what they want or need from me. when i'm home, the pets just stare at me all the time... follow me around the apartment... and make cute noises until i pet them. what a life.
oh yeah, guess what i learned today! did you know that catnip is like a legalized drug for cats? an aphrodisiac? it makes them entranced!
public service announcement #2: i'm cat sitting right now.
public service announcement #3: i'm covered in fur from the moment i get 'home' until the moment i use the lint brush to take it all off & walk out the door.
how do pet owners do it?
first of all, i've never slept with any sort of animal curled up next to my head. the furriest (and largest) animals we ever had growing up were hamsters (the goldfish were close in line for the largest, but didn't have a fighting chance at being the furriest)(except when it was my brother's turn to clean the tank and he forgot to do it). now, i seem to be living on animal planet. cat butt/tail/paws in my face at night. walks in the rain. cans of stinky food. treats. petting. fur.
more fur.
but you know what? these animals are fucking cute. the cat (salvie - short for salvadore) has this scrunched up face like a little old man and enough fur to line several jackets. he's a persian. he meows, but i swear i've also heard him bark. the dog, chloe, is a chow. she's like a giant, moving stuffed teddy bear. she's so mild mannered i wonder if she's real. and she hates walks, particularly if it's raining out. chloe prefers to sit around all day and look cute. and trust me, she does that REALLY well.
pets...
in some ways, it's kind of like babysitting for newborns because i never have a clue what they want or need from me. when i'm home, the pets just stare at me all the time... follow me around the apartment... and make cute noises until i pet them. what a life.
oh yeah, guess what i learned today! did you know that catnip is like a legalized drug for cats? an aphrodisiac? it makes them entranced!
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