Have your pet spayed or neutered!

Huh?!? Well, allow me to explain. First of all, a little background for those of you who don't know exactly what I do. I work for an agency that provides various services to children with developmental delays. Essentially, I go into people's homes and do play therapy to help kids learn how to walk, talk, socialize, etc. at an age appropriate level. I enjoy actually working with little ones, it's the going into homes that I'm not always so crazy about. I just never know what I'm going to be walking into. Will the parents be high? One time that happened. They were actually smoking pot before I walked in. Well, today i walked into a home with a perfectly adorable little girl. However, I was immediately swamped by the family's two, very large, labs. The mom had asked me at the door if dogs bothered me. I said "no" without really thinking. Hindsight, "Of course I'm bothered by dogs! They make me sneeze! What kind of dog do you have ma'am? Oh, 2 labs? Yes please put them up." That's what I should have said. That's what I get for being nice. These were not well behaved dogs so they jumped up on me as soon as I walked in the house and almost knocked me over. I thought that if I sat down quickly the dogs would leave me alone. I was only partially right. Within minutes the dogs were... how should I say this?... mating! The mating continued off and on for the next 45 minutes as I tried to discuss this little girl's concerns. I was distracted to say the least. Even more appalling? The mom didn't bother to put the dogs outside! She just made a comment about how the female dog was in heat. I'm thinking, "So, why don't you separate the dogs? At LEAST while you have COMPANY!!!! Normally, I would have gotten on the floor with the baby and play with her to work on learning to crawl. But I was not about to subject me or that baby to those dogs. They were crazy!

Do I need a new job? YES, I do! Continue to pray with me for that. I do love working with babies like that, but the environment is just too much for me on many days. So that was my day. How was yours? :) As our good friend Bob Barker would say, "Help control the pet population and have your pet spayed or neutered." Very wise words from Mr. Barker. Maybe I should send this family an anonymous note!