The Super Official Homeowners Thread

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Our family loved our dogs too don't get me wrong, we just never anthropomorphized them like a lot of people do. All three generations of golden retrievers we grew up with were both indoor and outdoor dogs, so it was not uncommon to regularly see them come back to the house with an entire side of their body matted with cow manure. That could be why I'm more particular about animals being all up on the furniture. I dated a girl years ago whose entire family were PETA-nazis and when her sister's dog got cancer....she spent tens of thousands of dollars on chemotheraphy....and the dog died anyway hock: Growing up on a farm you tend to be more connected in to "the circle of life" (the reality of life and death) and I remember the vet coming out several times to put down two of my grandmother's dogs and at least one of ours that were terminally ill. We all survived just fine emotionally, got a new one each time and loved them just the same.

Babies are our children not pets, it kind of is what it is and we will manage that when it happens (most likely just increase the loads of laundry being done, we paid to have our a protective coating sprayed on our couch so I'm not worried about that).