Wednesday, 29 June 2011

Dog or Baby?

My boyfriend and I have started playing a new game that we affectionately refer to as 'Dog or Baby?' Its a game that gives you exercise, allows you to people watch and stretches the bounds of your mind.
Here's how you play:

1. Go out for a walk. It's that simple! Grab a friend, a lover, your mom or simply enjoy the great outdoors by your self.
2. Watch the people around as they pass by and when you spot someone pushing a stroller the real game begins!
3. Now that you have spotted a stroller it is up to you to quickly decide whether the person pushing the stroller is pushing a cute little baby or a spoiled little dog. Thus: Dog or Baby? Make sure that you decided quickly before you see what's in the carriage, because that a) gives your brain a better workout and b) stops you from being a dirty little cheater...nobody likes a cheater!

You may be shaking your head at me that we would come up with this game but the fact is you can play it quite regularly. And even though I am the co-creator of this game I think it is so sad that it can exist. The point of taking your dog for a walk is to give your dog some exercise...not to take it out and just let it sit back and enjoy the scenery. Please do not take me for a dog hater, because I can assure you that I am not, but if your dog is too small to walk itself, then here's a crazy idea: don't take it on such a long walk!!! Start small. Maybe take it for a walk around your backyard, or up and down your driveway.
Ceaser Millan doesn't sell dog strollers on his web-site so please take that as a giant hint.

1 comment:

  1. No no no! There is a pecking order! Dogs don't walk the owner (as it has somehow evolved)- the owner walks the dog! only excuse, dog has had surgery, is casted and....that's it!
    Dogs have become a trophy of sorts. Overweight women cradling their supposed prize in their arms while picking up the mail or the recycling bin and calling it a walk - for both of them! Pathetic. Humans have somehow taken the feelings of the animals and act out/perform what they truly wish they could be treated or otherwise since the human is a lazy mule so should the dog. Pathetic.
    I will play this game all day and actually call it out loud enough for the owner to hear and add, "Who is walking who?" with a grin and head cocked to the side in confusion.
    May I add a step to the game?
    - create captions for the animal in question. ie. "Oh ya, I'm milking this idiot owner of mine for everything". or "My jaw has the capacity to crush bone and tear through muscle, but I'll lick pre-chewed human food off my owner's finger all day and night long...AND they fail to recognize that I lick my ass!

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