after work or randomly take a weekend road trip at a moment's notice?
Not anymore! Now you have to make sure you're home every few hours
to take him out or the only thing you'll be able to think about is him sitting
by the door while Sarah McLaughlin softly plays in the background.
The cost and planning of trips significantly goes up because you've got
to get him up a sitter or you have to board him.
Now you're going to spend the next two days looking up
Yelp reviews for dog hotels and try to find one that isn't more expensive
than a luxury resort, but also isn't going to toss your dog into
a cage like some sort of dog detention center.
but in reality you're about to change their life for years to come.
Sure a puppy is adorable and they're great to snuggle with,
but there are numerous downfalls that no one wants to talk about.
Here are the 12 worst things no one tells you about having a dog.
but in reality you've pretty much adopted a hairy, newborn baby.
You have to constantly take them outside so they don't cover
every square inch of your house in urine while hiding
anything that he's going to chew through and murder himself.
On top of all that, he has no sleep schedule so enjoy trying
to explain to your boss that you're so tired because your Boston Terrier
hasn't learned to control his bladder yet.
Buying a dog as a gift for someone seems like a very sweet gesture,
but in reality you're about to change their life for years to come.
Sure a puppy is adorable and they're great to snuggle with,
but there are numerous downfalls that no one wants to talk about.
Here are the 12 worst things no one tells you about having a dog.
You think you're going to strictly enforce a "no dogs on the furniture" rule,
but as soon as you walk out of the room he's going to be lounged out across your sectional.
So you're either going to see the corners of your furniture slowly chewed to bits
or a giant indention in the middle of your sofa outlined in hair
where an animal has been sleeping 8 hours every day while you were at work.
If your dog gets fleas, you might as well burn your house down
Here's how the process works of your dog getting fleas:
Your dog gets them and you treat them on your dog.
But now you have them in your carpet and on your furniture,
so you have to treat everything in order to keep them from coming back.
That means if you miss one thing you have to start the whole process over
and if your dog is getting them from your yard you have officially entered the
deepest circle of hell and your home is no longer your own.
You live in the flea's house now. You are an eternal guest.