The Good, The Bad, and The WORST.

Anyone who has ever owned a puppy knows that there are great things and bad things about owning one. They also know that there are some things that make you cringe and want to burn down your house because you think that you will never escape the awful occurrences that happened there. This post will be broken up into those three things.

The Good:

You always have someone to talk to and they can't judge you for what you tell them! They look at you with those sweet puppy eyes and you know that they just...understand you. They give you nose kisses. They give you forehead kisses. They give you good morning kisses. They give you goodnight kisses. They give you lots of kisses, even if it's because you just had a Chickfila sandwich with extra pickles and they like the way your nasty breath smells. To sum this up, puppies might poop on your floor but they'll never poop on your heart. They'll always love you.

The Bad:

Puppies might poop on your floor. They might also peepee on the floor. They might vomit pieces of their favorite toy on the floor and then you have to take it from them and those sad puppy eyes come out and you just sit there and frown because you know how much they love that little rubber-footed raccoon but it's just too far gone and there's no way they're playing with that thing anymore because vomit isn't cool. Sometimes your roommate has to experience this vomit too (sorry, Roomie). Summing this portion up, puppies can be sorta gross and if you can't handle the smell of poop and pee, just get a stuffed animal because you're gonna experience this wonderful fragrance for a while. 

The Worst:

Puppies can be gross (see above). If you get shelter pups, like my roommate and I did, you should definitely make sure that they're vaccinated (ours were UTD on all their shots). Still, even after all those preventative measures, puppies can get sick. They can have kennel cough, diarrhea, social anxiety, or worms. Luckily, I only had to take on one of these challenges. Unluckily, it was probably the worst thing on the list. If you think you're a strong person and absolutely nothing grosses you out, you better think again, buddy, because there's gonna be that one thing that gets to you (I'll explain more in my next post).

On a different note, puppies can eat a lot of food and spill their food everywhere. And if you have two puppies, the other puppy is gonna try to eat your puppy's food and they're gonna fight and it gets ugly (we've trained our pups out of this stage, mostly). Speaking of fighting, you're gonna have to probably pull a puppy away from another one because they get nervous and their only means of defense are teeth and claws. And let me tell you, THOSE. THINGS. HURT. Puppy teeth are like razor blades coated in ground glass. And their claws are daggers with little spikes protruding from them on the end. If you own a puppy, there's just no way around it. You're gonna get bit. You're gonna get scratched. And you're gonna have to get over it.

Through all of these things, I wouldn't give my puppy away for anything. He pisses me off so bad sometimes and then, two seconds later, he snuggles with me and reminds me that I've experienced worse in life. Through the mounds off doodoo and the puddles of peepee, I love this pup. He's become like a son to me and I don't know what I ever did without him. I wish I could bring him everywhere with me and it kills me to leave him at home while I'm away. He has taken up a very large part of my heart that I feel couldn't be replaced with anyone or anything and I hope that anyone who gets a puppy feels the same way I do. It's okay to get annoyed with your pup. It's okay to spank them when they've done something wrong. It's okay to love on them when you're sad. It's okay to make mistakes when raising your pup. All of that is human nature. And, believe me, you will mess up. You will step on their tail or accidentally bump them out of your way when you're walking (they always seem to get right under your feet, for some reason). They will understand and they will love you, regardless. They are amazingly loving creatures and I believe that everyone needs a puppy in their life (provided that they can properly take care of them). I guess what I'm trying to say is that puppies are the greatest thing ever. :)