I am one of those people lol I have read it before and it pretty much desribes my house to a tee lol

crates in the kitchen? yup-3 and one in the dining room and one in the van

housekeeping suffers? yup again

footprints everywhere? well we mop those up right away lol

nose print windows? can barly see through em lol

weekends full of dog stuff? yup, there flyball tournys and agilty trials and freestyle demos, and the few eekends that non ofg thses are going on we are teaching other people flyball and agility and freestyle lol

folks and friends never visit? ya pretty much, family rarly comes over here, and only dog folks and my closest friends come to my house.

food and vet bills gorw larger? well not really food is at the butcher, the parts that people dont eats are pretty cheap lol and we rarly go to the vet, we dont vaccinate so no fee's for that lol

each ones to special and usfull? darn right! Perky is a fabulous freestyle dog and does some agility, Happy is one of the fastest flyball dogs around, Misty is funny and a trickster, Blair is an amazing agility dog, and Ripley is the all important flyball height dog.

lawn and shrubs died? ya, my back yard look pretty crappy lol

well ya get the idea! the peom pretty much describs my life perfectly!