Good Reasons Not To Have a Dog
Good Reasons Not To Have a Dog
By Elton Camp
I’m no old grouch and I like dogs okay
But they fit in much better in another day
When I was a kid, nobody for a dog shopped
They were given free and you didn’t “adopt”
And you fed the dog whatever you were able
Most of the time, it was scraps from the table
If the dog got bad hurt or become seriously ill
Then it was perfectly acceptable your pet to kill
It was outside where the dog was expected to live
Space inside the house, nobody wanted to give
It never once entered any normal man’s head
To allow some filthy dog to sleep upon his bed
Now, although the idea almost drives me wild
A dog is given a status that is equal to a child
And only a balanced dog food do you dare feed
So that Spot will get exactly what he does need
People take out medical insurance on their pet
To help with those horrendous bills at the vet
Killing a hopeless dog some risk does entail
You might be charged, fined and sent to jail
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