SEPTEMBER IS RESPONSIBE PET OWNERSHIP MONTH, WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO YOU?

 HEY GUYS, 🐾

DID YOU KNOW THAT SEPTEMBER IS RESPONSIBLE DOG OWNERSHIP MONTH? WE MAY BE HALFWAY THROUGH THE MONTH, BUT WE CAN STOP AND ACKNOWLEDGE WHAT IS TAKES TO BE A RESPONSIBLE DOG OWNER. SO I AM GOING TO LET YOU HEAR FROM THE HORSES MOUTH (MY MOM'S) WITH HER COMMENTARY:

BEING A RESPONSIBLE DOG OWNER MAY NOT BE FOR EVERYONE, BUT FOR ME I CAN'T IMAGINE MY LIFE WITHOUT MY TWO DOGS. THEY HAVE BEEN MY CONSTANT COMPANIONS SINCE THEY WERE PUPPIES. I THINK BACK TO WHEN I FIRST GOT EACH ONE AND I REMEMBER THE SLEEPLESS NIGHTS TAKING THEM OUT FOR THEIR MANY BATHROOM BREAKS. I WOULD PRAY THAT AS TIME WENT ON, THEY WOULD NEED TO GO TO THE BATHROOM LESS AND LESS. YES, THIS IMPROVED, BUT NOW THEY ARE SENIORS, SO I AM BACK TO SQUARE ONE WITH THE SEVERAL BATHROOM BREAKS. OH WELL, KIND OF LIKE US WHEN WE GET OLD! THEN, WE WORKED ON THEIR TRAINING SUCH AS SIT, STAY, DOWN, COME AND THEY DID WELL. WE EVEN WENT TO TRAINING CLASSES! BUT, I HAVE TO LAUGH BECAUSE WHEN SOMEONE COMES TO VISIT, IT'S AS IF ALL BETS ARE OFF AND THEY DON'T HAVE A CLUE WHAT THEY WERE TAUGHT. THEN THERE WERE THOSE LONG WALKS WHEN MY LEGS WERE GOOD (DAD WALKS YOU NOW)!

I REMEMBER AS THEY GREW, TESTING OUT DIFFERENT DOG FOODS THAT THEY BOTH WOULD EAT AND STILL THEY ARE PICKY! NOTHING THAT A LITTLE DOG TREAT WON'T CURE IN THEIR KIBBLE. I THINK ABOUT HOW I HAVE AND STILL COAX EACH NERVOUS DOG INTO THE VET'S OFFICE FOR THEIR CHECK UPS AND SHOTS. THEIR FEAR IS LEFT IN TONS OF HAIR ON THE DOG BLANKET IN MY CAR! OH, AND THE GROOMER IS ANOTHER STORY AS EACH ONE COMES HOME ANNOYED, BUT BOY DO THEY LOOK AND SMELL GOOD. THEN THERE ARE THOSE DAYS WHEN THROUGH NO FAULT OF THEIR OWN, THEY GET SICK IN THE HOUSE OR HAVE AN ACCIDENT. IT ALWAYS SEEMS TO HAPPEN WHEN YOU NEED TO GO SOMEWHERE AND YOU'RE IN A HURRY! BUT YOU CAN'T BE ANGRY WHEN YOU SEE THE SAD LOOK IN THEIR FACE AS IF TO SAY "MOM, I REALLY DIDN'T MEAN IT", YOU JUST CLEAN IT UP AND GO ON!

I WON'T DENY THAT IT’S A LOT OF WORK TO BE A RESPONSIBLE DOG OWNER, BUT THE BENEFITS ARE SO WELL WORTH IT! I LOVE WHEN EACH ONE WIGGLES UP TO ME FOR HUGS AND KISSES OR DANCES WITH ME IN THE KITCHEN TO A FUN SONG. NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS, THEY ALWAYS SEEM TO COMFORT ME OR BRIGHTEN MY DAY. THEY HAVE ME WRAPPED AROUND THEIR LITTLE PAW AND THEIR IMPRINTS ARE DEEP IN MY HEART. I WILL ALWAYS LOVE THEM DEARLY AND BE WITH THEM TO THE END.

SO, IT YOU DON'T WANT TO PUT IN A LITTLE WORK AND REAP THE BENEFITS OF UNCONDITIONAL LOVE, THEN DON'T GET A DOG. BUT IF YOU DO, YOU MAY BE GLAD YOU DID!

LOVE YOU CHEWY AND CIENA! 💕

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CHEWY'S MOM! 👩