Dogs serve many purposes. They protect us, love us unconditionally and do stupid things that make us laugh.
They have a lot of faults. They stink things up, rub up against the wall and leave marks that have to be scrubbed off, drool on the carpet, nudge the back of the newspaper when you are trying to read it and much, much more.
Tonight I found another good reason to put up with all the aggravation they cause though.
If you drop a raw egg on the floor and have to go across the kitchen to get some paper towels, wet them and come back to clean it up. By the time you get back to the refrigerator to clean up the egg, the dogs have already cleaned it up for you. Shell and all.
They’ll stand there licking their lips with innocent looks on their faces and believe they have tricked you into believing they didn’t lick up the egg. You will semi-scold them but secretly be happy they licked it all up.
They do have their uses.
October 30th, 2007 at 9:18 pm
PETA will be all over you for letting those dogs consume eggs. How DARE you expose them to that much artery clogging cholesterol?
My kids have often remarked that the dogs in our house do a better job at cleaning up the plates than the dishwasher does. We overwork our poor canine friends.
October 31st, 2007 at 3:07 am
That really IS awful isn’t it? LOLOL
Even worse, I let them eat off the floor!!!