1. You have a kiddie wading pool in the yard, but no small children.
2. You have baby gates permanently installed at strategic places around the house, but no babies.
3. You refer to yourselves as Mommy & Daddy.
4. You can't see out of the passenger side of the windshield because there are nose-prints all over the inside.
5. You have 32 different names for your dog. Makes no sense, but she understands.
6. You like people who like your dog. You despise people who don't.
7. You carry dog biscuits in your purse or pocket at all times.
8. You talk about your dog the way other people talk about their kid.
9. You sign and send birthday/anniversary/Christmas cards from your dog.
10. You put an extra blanket on the bed so your dog can be comfortable.
11. Your dog is getting old and arthritic, so you go buy lumber and build her a small staircase so she can climb onto your bed by herself.
12. Your license plate or license plate frame mentions your dog.
13. You have your dog's picture on your office desk (but no one else's)
14. You lecture people on responsible dog ownership every chance you get.
15. You skip breakfast so you can walk your dog in the morning before work.
16. You don't go to happy hours with co-workers any more because you need to go home and see your dog.
17. Your weekend activities are planned around your dog.
18. You keep an exra water dish in your second-floor bedroom, in case your dog gets thirsty at night (after all, her other dish is way down on the first floor).
19. You carry pictures of your dog in your wallet instead of pictures of your parents, siblings, significant other, or anyone else remotely human.
20. Your parents refer to your pet as their granddog.
I found this fun little excerpt from dog's life magazine...we have a kiddie pool & baby gates, I am mommie, we have a car seat, many different names (Momo's nick names: munchkin, schnookums, widdle man, goofball ~ Mimi's: perty girl, princess, pumpkin, sweetie), everybody likes my Mimi & Momo
, treats all over the house, they are my kids, not only do they sign all the cards...they're in the picture, extra blanket in their bed on my bed, they're still young but I have a cushion that they use to go up & down my bed, I have Mimi's & Momo's pictures in my wallpaper & screensaver on my computer & cell phone, I try to help out in YT about responsible dog ownership & let people know about puppy mills, I can't wait to come home after work to see them, my life revolves around them, & we have 2 water bottles & 2 water dishes (upstairs & downstairs), there's grandpa & grandma & they call Mimi & Momo 'kids'...like "How are the kids doing?".