Kids or Pets
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Yeah - try taking six cats to a kennel!
My sister leaves her cats alone for a week and a half. She leaves a ton of food. Sometimes she finds them up in the false ceiling in the basement. I feel sorry for them.
We've stretched out a three-day weekend, by putting out extra litter boxes. I wouldn't dare go longer than that without fresh litter. No way!
Yeah they put out extra litter too. They leave so much food the cats are tubby when they get back. I know cats kind of do their own thing, but we had one for 18 years and he always wanted attention at some point in the day.
Maybe I should try that. Finally get some sexual gratification after these damn kids ruined the other gratification.
Are you the guy who got caught with a friends dog and a jar of peanut butter?
4 kids (7, 4, one turns 2 in June, one turns 1 in August). Had dogs but both passed away within the last year and we decided not to try a new dog for a while. Raising the kids is enough work and over time the time we had to give the dogs the attention they deserved just ran out. It was just becoming a chore taking care of them. Will probably get a dog again once the kids are a little older.
Reminds me of our neighbor kid. For a while last summer he would just walk in our front door, through the living room and kitchen, and go out the garage door. He was just seeing what was going on. Sometimes he grabbed a snack from the pantry. Sometimes he would come in and play with the baby for a while.
We thought it was hilarious but his mom didn't. She had a talk with him and now he knocks and asks if he can come in.
We have 3 dogs, 3 kids, and a passel of neighborhood kids roaming the area, mostly boys.
I need to start a savings account for future food purchases. We will be going to Costco often in the future I believe.
I need to start a savings account for future food purchases. We will be going to Costco often in the future I believe.
Oh yeah. Boys consume an inordinate amount of food. We had one that could finish off a gallon of chocolate milk in one day by himself (if we let him).
Prior to kids we had two cats and a dog. Had a kid and shortly after had to put one cat down. Within the year we had another dog. Just shy of two years later our 5 year old golden passed away a month before the second kid arrived. 7 months after the second kid arrived we got another cat. I did cap it at three animals with a one in one out agreement.
When one of the kids was in fourth grade, his friend Charlie called after school, said he was starving, and mom didn’t buy groceries. Can he ride his bike over for a snack? Not like they were poor, his mom inherited over two million. So he was at our house every day after school for months. And asked if I would bring scotcheroos to one of his birthday parties.
Just this week, come home, there are three teenage boys making sandwiches in my kitchen and none of them were mine.
Dogs only.
I can lock a dog in a kennel if it acts up. I assume the state will knock on my door if I did that to a future KnappShack Jr.
I can lock a dog in a kennel if it acts up. I assume the state will knock on my door if I did that to a future KnappShack Jr.
Had dogs my whole life (mostly Labs).God gave us dogs so that we would know about unconditional love. Was never a cat person until I met the vixen, and her cat Jinx. He won me over, I fell in love with him. We had to put him down a couple years ago (he was 17). 
Last year I got tested for allergies, turns out I'm allergic to cats, dogs, cattle, chickens, and deer. But not horses, so the vixen and I are planning on one day each owning a horse. (Hers palomino, mine chestnut.)
Kids - all 5 girls - are gone and on their own. But back in the day, our house was a redemption center for lots of kids that had no (good) place to go. The vixen would have adopted them all, had I let her. But there was never a dull moment. Now? We can't wait for the girls to come home and bring all the grandbabies.
Last year I got tested for allergies, turns out I'm allergic to cats, dogs, cattle, chickens, and deer. But not horses, so the vixen and I are planning on one day each owning a horse. (Hers palomino, mine chestnut.)Kids - all 5 girls - are gone and on their own. But back in the day, our house was a redemption center for lots of kids that had no (good) place to go. The vixen would have adopted them all, had I let her. But there was never a dull moment. Now? We can't wait for the girls to come home and bring all the grandbabies.
