Parenting Sherpas Pillows

'Holly, listen to me. This school year is important. . . It's your last year before high school! You have to prepare! High school is a whole new ball game.'

"Lassie, go get help!" "Oh Timmy you idiot! Not again!"

"We found the poor thing stranded on the beach last summer and decided to adopt it."

Playing Fetch.

Polly txt speak

"See? I told you changing his food would be traumatizing."

"Fish needs a bigger bowl."

"Better bring me another cookie. The last one fell in the water."

'I'd say he's 10 percent 'pet' and 90 percent 'Lord and Master of All He Surveys'.'

"Why do they do that?"

"He was overly socialized as a puppy."

"No no, I said sit!!"

"What you call tricks I call humiliations."

"I figure if I was still employed, I wouldn’t get to spend all this time with you!"

'It's a deal, lets sniff bottoms!'

"My emotional support dog ate my comfort food."

'When he's happy he can cool the entire downstairs.'

Facts of life - The birds and the dogs.

"Quick, start the car!"

Dog chews 'The Cat Book'.

"They think we're their best friend. Just play along with it."

"And, when the DNA test results arrived, the woman realized her so-called 'little terrier mix' had been part German shepherd all along."

"You mustn't pull the cat's tail so hard it tugs the head inside, sweetie!"

"I think therefore I am." "Bow Wow, Bow Wow, Bow Wow."

"It get it – you're hungry."

"Hey Lady this is a sixty zone!"

"You were right: I don't like water, but I do love snow!"

"Can I keep them? I found him on the internet?"

"Why, you little Shih Tzu."

"For the girls—Kimberly, Caitlin, Lauren, Cindy, and Tracy. For the boys—Cameron, Christopher, Adam, Jeffrey, and Gregory."

Raw food, after you leave for work.

"I wrote this next song about my cat. It's called 'Please stop rubbing your face against my computer screen when I'm trying to watch Narcos.'"

A Copy Editor and His Dog

Cat Nip.

"He was a very good boy."