lovemyshiba
12-11-2003, 10:26 PM
I got this from my shiba group:
does this sound familiar ?????????????
>
> YOU KNOW YOU'VE BEEN DOING RESCUE TOO LONG WHEN:
>
> You have a mental list of people you'd like to spay or neuter.
(my personal favorite)>
> You stopped at a house with a "Free Puppies" sign in the yard to have an
> Educational "Chat," and your kids had to post your bail.
>
> Running out of paper towels is a household crisis.
>
> You not only know all the characteristics of a good "stool," you discuss
> them at dinner.
>
> Your checks have messages on them like "Subtract Two Testicles For Every
> Four Feet."
>
> You have a bumper sticker that reads "My German Shepherd Is Smarter Than
> Your Graduate Student."
>
> You secretly wonder about such things as how animals can manage without
> wiping.
>
> You pray they will someday manufacture Teflon furniture.
>
> You have phone calls forwarded to PetsMart.
>
> You absentmindedly pat people on the head or scratch them behind their
> ears.
>
> Given the choice of having your teeth cleaned or their teeth cleaned,
> they
> get their teeth cleaned.
>
> You not only allow pets on the couch, guests have to sit on the floor
> because
> the dog has "territorial issues."
>
> Your spouse missed the final game of the World Series because the cat
> wanted
> to watch his favorite video, "Birds of North America."
>
> Anytime the animal appears lethargic, you go on-line and investigate
> vetmed
> websites, pose questions to your address book and on e-lists, and by the
> time
> you digest all the information and field the correspondence, the animal
> has
> torn out the window screens, masticated a couch cushion and left something
> disgusting in your favorite pair of shoes.
>
> Your chatroom handle is "Queen of Spayeds."
>
> You and your vet are on a first name basis and he genuflects when you
> enter
> the waiting room. His daughter at Harvard refers to you as "Auntie."
>
> You needed a prescription to recover from "Old Yeller."
>
> You've forwarded more warnings about the dangers of chocolate, onions and
> mistletoe than the National Center for Disease Control has issued about
> anthrax
> and smallpox.
>
> You wear white year 'round, not because you are flaunting a fashion law
> or
> belong to a religious sect but because you have a Dalmatian, Great
> Pyrenees,
> Samoyed or white Persian at home.
>
> The world would never guess from your "dog or kittyspeak" posts to
> e-lists
> that in reality you are chairman of the IBM corporation.
>
> By the time you investigate different flea control products, their
> advantages and potential risks,natural versus chemical methods, and study
> the life
> cycle of the flea, any fleas have died of old age.
>
> You tell your children to "heel!" in a grocery store.
>
> For relaxation, you went mall hopping with your girlfriends. Your eyes
> glazed over when you saw a sign in front of a pet shop, "20% Off All
> Puppies &
> Kittens," and you slapped three security guards before they got you safely
> contained in the manager's office.
>
> People are still talking about your spay-neuter holiday greeting from
> last
> year, "Deck the Halls with Balls of Collies
does this sound familiar ?????????????
>
> YOU KNOW YOU'VE BEEN DOING RESCUE TOO LONG WHEN:
>
> You have a mental list of people you'd like to spay or neuter.
(my personal favorite)>
> You stopped at a house with a "Free Puppies" sign in the yard to have an
> Educational "Chat," and your kids had to post your bail.
>
> Running out of paper towels is a household crisis.
>
> You not only know all the characteristics of a good "stool," you discuss
> them at dinner.
>
> Your checks have messages on them like "Subtract Two Testicles For Every
> Four Feet."
>
> You have a bumper sticker that reads "My German Shepherd Is Smarter Than
> Your Graduate Student."
>
> You secretly wonder about such things as how animals can manage without
> wiping.
>
> You pray they will someday manufacture Teflon furniture.
>
> You have phone calls forwarded to PetsMart.
>
> You absentmindedly pat people on the head or scratch them behind their
> ears.
>
> Given the choice of having your teeth cleaned or their teeth cleaned,
> they
> get their teeth cleaned.
>
> You not only allow pets on the couch, guests have to sit on the floor
> because
> the dog has "territorial issues."
>
> Your spouse missed the final game of the World Series because the cat
> wanted
> to watch his favorite video, "Birds of North America."
>
> Anytime the animal appears lethargic, you go on-line and investigate
> vetmed
> websites, pose questions to your address book and on e-lists, and by the
> time
> you digest all the information and field the correspondence, the animal
> has
> torn out the window screens, masticated a couch cushion and left something
> disgusting in your favorite pair of shoes.
>
> Your chatroom handle is "Queen of Spayeds."
>
> You and your vet are on a first name basis and he genuflects when you
> enter
> the waiting room. His daughter at Harvard refers to you as "Auntie."
>
> You needed a prescription to recover from "Old Yeller."
>
> You've forwarded more warnings about the dangers of chocolate, onions and
> mistletoe than the National Center for Disease Control has issued about
> anthrax
> and smallpox.
>
> You wear white year 'round, not because you are flaunting a fashion law
> or
> belong to a religious sect but because you have a Dalmatian, Great
> Pyrenees,
> Samoyed or white Persian at home.
>
> The world would never guess from your "dog or kittyspeak" posts to
> e-lists
> that in reality you are chairman of the IBM corporation.
>
> By the time you investigate different flea control products, their
> advantages and potential risks,natural versus chemical methods, and study
> the life
> cycle of the flea, any fleas have died of old age.
>
> You tell your children to "heel!" in a grocery store.
>
> For relaxation, you went mall hopping with your girlfriends. Your eyes
> glazed over when you saw a sign in front of a pet shop, "20% Off All
> Puppies &
> Kittens," and you slapped three security guards before they got you safely
> contained in the manager's office.
>
> People are still talking about your spay-neuter holiday greeting from
> last
> year, "Deck the Halls with Balls of Collies