you answer yes to more than two of these things (translations below for those things that non-breeders will not get!):
1. Your kids say, “The dog is wearing underwear, she must be in season!”
2. You worry when the neighbor kids come over when the dog is wearing underwear because you may have to explain WHY the dog is wearing underwear.
3. You spend more on vet bills in a year than you do on your family’s medical bills.
4. You’re cooking vegetables and meat on the stove and the kids ask, ‘Is that for us or the dogs?’
5. Those glass bottles in the fridge with expiration dates on them all hold only 1 ml.
6. You spend all night….regularly….. looking at a dog’s butt.
7. There are more pictures of puppies on your computer’s hard drive than there are of your children.
8. You worry about someone ever needing to use ‘CSI’ techniques in your house because you know there are traces of every type of body fluid in your house.
9. Vacation and family plans revolve around the dogs having sex.
10. There is a category of laundry in your home called “Dog Laundry”.
Translations:
1. My dogs wear boys tighty-whitety underwear when they are in season….their tail fits through the fly perfectly!
4. Breeding dogs eat well!
5. Vials used for vaccines are generally 1 ml.
6. Some females give no indication at all when they are about to deliver a puppy. So unless you are LOOKING at the…..important part……you might miss an important event!
8. Between dogs in season (ie drops of blood no matter how careful you are) and dogs giving birth (more blood no matter how careful you are) there are definitely traces of blood in every breeder’s home!
9. It is pretty much a given that a dog will come into season if a breeder makes plans that cannot be changed (picture a wedding, or non-refundable plane reservations).
ADDENDUM: Following this post a number of breeders made observations and comments that rang VERY true. So the following are not my original thoughts, but came from other breeders:
A. There are more dog beds then people beds in your house.
B. When reporting that you are taking your child to a medical appointment, you have been known to say, “I am taking (insert child’s name) to the vet.”
C. All your travel planes are based on where a stud dog lives.
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