Well No, But You Can Bring Him In

It is cold outside and lightly snowing, but the sun is out and that's all that mattered to me after being couped up for a couple days due to the rain, rain, and more rain.

We bundled up and went out walking to run a few errands.

I admit, I was fahhhreezing at first, but after awhile I adjusted to the temperature and then didn't pay it much mind.

On my walk home, I decided to stop by the Dog and Cat Store. They don't sell actual animals, but more like all the wonderful and neat things one could want for their pet.

As our dog's collar is half broken, I thought I'd get him a new one.

Our dog is an American Bulldog and quite large. Approximately 95 pounds really.

Okay, truth be told, I was just having a mushy-I-love-my-dog moment today.

I bought him new dog food, dog treats, and some chicken jerky for dogs at the market.

Then I went to the Dog and Cat Store...okay? It was a moment!

So there I was trying to finagle the stroller through this jam packed store, actually having to move merchandise out of the way in order to roll the baby stroller around...

I made it to the back of the store where they had the dog collars.

I decided I wanted to try a new style of collar, and get our dog a harness chest strappy type of collar. It something that goes around his chest and hooks together around the back of his shoulder blades. He really does mind well and I thought with his age, he'd be mature enough to not have an icky collar that goes around his neck.

So now it would feel like a gentle nudge on his burly chest instead of a gasp-choke around his neck.

I must have rummaged endlessly through the whole lot of them, and wasn't having much luck in finding an extra large one. Finally the sales clerk comes back to assist me. We get to chatting about animals and I'm trying to explain to her the size of my dog.

"I don't really think a 'Large' will work for my dog..."

"Oh yeah, a 'Large' would be too big I'm sure..."

"Uh, too big? This is an 'American Bulldog'..not an 'English' one..."

"Oh...right!"

We both continue looking.

"So, if I bought a 'Large' and it didn't fit, I could return it right?"

"Well, actually no. Our store policy is that anything you buy can not be returned or exchanged. I mean, we have to be careful with all the diseases that animals can carry."

"Oh, hmm okay...."

"But, if you want, you can just bring your dog in and we can fit him in the store."

Now, there I stood thinking...

'I can't return something. But I can bring my nearly 95 pound dog into this cramped store that doesn't even have enough space between things for me to roll the baby stroller and you'll TRY ON THE ITEM here in the store..on the same supposed animal that might be carrying a slew of nasty diseases....you want me to bring my massive dog into your overstuffed store where he could not only slobber on anything and everything, but in the chance that he had some disease (which he doesnt mind you) he could not only taint the item that he's trying on, but taint EVERY ITEM in the store...??? Just what kinds of diseases are ALREADY ROAMING in here from other animals that you've let in to try things on...because you DON'T ALLOW RETURNS because of DISEASES!'

but I said,

"Oh that's okay...let's keep looking for an 'Extra Large'.

We finally found one and I went on my way.

Talk about a silly store policy if you ask me!

Oh, and on my way out I just had to get him this super cute fluffy blue pig stuffed toy...because despite his big and somewhat scary appearance...he's a snuggly teddybear.


Lounging in the yard, trying to nap and ignore the camera.
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