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Cats vs Dogs vs frogs

This post is about pets.  Because... who doesn't love pets!?  Well.. most of the time.  Except when the litterbox gets all stinky or there's a puddle of weeeee weeee on the floor when you come home to the wagging tail that and slobbery grin that says he swears he didn't do it.

My mom called me today to say there was some water in the basement and the litterbox got a little wet.  Grossssssss... All I'm saying to that is... not it (on cleanup duty).  Also sooooooooo glad I don't live at home any more.  Although I do have to go over soon again to clean out the turtle tank.  That's my business... I take care of the turtle tank cleaning and she takes care of the catbox cleaning.  I mean I'll still carry the heavy bags of litter to the basement for her from the back of her car.  Those suckers are heavy!  Especially when she buy's the 1 ton bag of cat litter from Sam's club.

But I've decided hey even with all the yucky business pets are super worth it.  I don't currently have a pet at my apartment but I do eventually want to get a pet again eventually.  So I'm gonna write about pets and how come they are nifty.  Because they just are... they totally are the best companions in life because they get to know you better than anyone else does.  At least I think they do!  Pet to owner communication is on a level like no other.

I wrote a little about pets having extra senses in my "after post" some posts back.  I think they also have other senses... like senses of humor.  When I used to live at home one of the cats would always come up to me and try to shake my hand by putting her paw out.  It made me laugh every time.  My favorite is whenever I'm at someone house and they have a dog that's doing that whole trick where they are trying to get your attention and then once they have your attention they are like... oh hey and come over to you like..

"well I'm just over here because YOU were looking at me!  I was minding my own business over there just shaking that big piece of tied up rope around and then you looked over that way so I HAD to come over and check things out over here...  oh btw while i'm over here... there's this spot right behind the ear that needs some scratching would you mind??  ahhh yes yes that's the spot... oh wait noo a little to the left yes ok right there... ah thanks you are the best!"

Oh those dogs and cats... I mean I really only have experience hanging out with cats and dogs... they really do get to know how you feel and really try to comfort you when you seem down or share in your excitement when you are happy... but other pets are nifty too... Birds are usually chatty... but they look at you sideways... I don't know how I feel about that...

Oh birds... I don't think i'd ever want one as a pet.  Unless it's an ostrich or something like that.  Or a flamingo... I don't know if you can have a flamingo as a pet.

I had a friend in college who was OBSESSED with flamingos... she had her dorm room all decked out like flamingo central and even her screen name on aim was flamingosomethingandabunchofnumbers...

She always talked about getting one as a pet.

I've known people who have goats and sheep and such.  Chickens... actually the other night I had a dream that I bought chickens because I got tired of buying eggs.

But to me the only cool bird I would go with would be the penguin.  But in reality... I don't think that would work very well.  I'd have to keep my AC on max all the time.  Or leave my fridge open.  Not to mention all the buckets of fish I'd go through.

There's always cows... mooooooooooooooooooo.

I think if I had to pick a new pet to get I'd probably just go with a cat.  Ya know just a regular old cat.  I mean they are pretty comforting.  They are great to just sleep next to or have them sit next to you on the couch.  And they usually listen to you when you talk to them.  Sometimes they just don't care and walk away... but usually they pay attention to you as long as you pet them.  The best cat I've ever had was this cat name Poof.  She was freaking awesome.  She lived to be 22... 22!  She was the most vocal cat EVER.  As soon as she saw you she would run up and say hello. But to me it was more like...

"OOOooooooohhhhh there's a person!!!! PET MEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!! Yes.  My life is awesome.  Now if I could just trouble you for some food as well?"

I definitely think that dogs would be kinda cool... but I've never had a dog as a pet. I've only had friends with dogs as pets and just experience it that way.

I think when the time comes to seriously consider a pet... i'd go down to the local animal shelter and rescue one.  I would just have to sit with either a cat or dog and just kind of get a feel for it's personality or connection and when I really found one that I bonded with... that would be the one.

But for now... I say hello to my plants each morning and my turtle and my mom's cats when I visit home.

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