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My Mom Has a Dog and I Call Him…

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My mom has this dog and I call him, Asshole.

Well not all the time, sometimes I call him worse.

Hear me out.

My mother never wanted a dog. When Hubby and I rented from her, I told her I wanted a dog and she said, “No.”

I got Sampson anyway, because that’s just how I roll.

Crate training was new to us and since mom was retired I asked her if she’d mind letting Sampson out in the middle of the day for a potty break.

She said no.

Then she did it anyway, because that’s how she rolls.

The first day I left Sampson home, mom called me at work and asked “How do you open this crate?”

Turns out she thought about how horrible it would be holding your pee for nine hours a day.

It didn’t take long until Sampson was getting a mid-day potty break and then was waiting for me outside when I came home from work. Rumor has it he even had a few little walks while I was gone.

When I saw how much my mom enjoyed interacting with Sampson I suggested she get a small dog of her own.

She said no.

And yet somehow, she has a dog.

Yes, she has a dog that lies on her bed or at her feet most of the day. But here’s the kicker.

She doesn’t feed the dog.

She doesn’t walk the dog.

She doesn’t take the dog outside to potty.

She doesn’t take the dog to the vet.

I feed the dog and right after he eats, he heads down to lie on her bed.

Golden Lab

You’re at work all day, what do you care?

I walk the dog and as soon as we get back, he goes down to her apartment to drink from the water bowl she has for him.

I let the dog in and out of the house so he can do his business.

I take the dog to the vet and pay the vet bills.

I guess you can say she has the best of both worlds. All the love and joy of having a dog, just none of the obligations.

So yeah, my mom has a dog and I call him Asshole.

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  1. LOL! Yeah right. You adore Sampson. Clearly, he adores your mom as much as he loves you. Thanks for making me smile.

  3. Isn’t he a wonderful Asshole!? He probably thinks she needs the company just as much as he does! 😉

  5. You are a very nice daughter 😉 Maybe someday you will have a dog and someone will do all the work part for you and he can just hang out with you the rest of the time. It’s good she has a companion. My Gramma has a cat and he is wonderful for her. He kind of replaces a husband as they do a lot of stuff together and she isn’t totally alone.

  6. Your mom is so, so smart! LOL (And so is Sampson because he’s known all along that life is better with a dog and your mom needs one)

  8. I think Sampson just knows your Mom needs some company! He’s a good dog! I also think your Mom is a very smart lady and knows just what she’s doing. 🙂

  10. PS. When I was a kid, Coco and Pixie, and then Boo, were Mom’s dogs; but my brother and I had to clean up after them in the yard…it was one of our weekend chores. I swore I’d never do that job again as long as I lived. And here I am cleaning up after two dogs that are more than twice the size of those two!! (And a 3rd one who’s just about the same size.)

  13. Oh the ingratitude! Dogs are just here to torment us, that much is clear.

    It’s very sweet that Sampson and Mom have taken such a liking to each other. I’m sure in his heart he likes you just a little bit too 🙂

  15. BOL There’s nothing like a wet nose and sweet face to keep a senior person company even when they don’t do the basic stuff-clearly Sampson knows that. 😉

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