(www.meowbarkblog.com) — It’s been a rough couple of weeks with the animals lately simply because we’re both very tired and busy right now. As the one who works exclusively from home, I’ve had the pleasure of bearing the brunt of the animal frustration these days.  

To get through it without selling anyone to the circus, I’ve managed to find humor in situations that would other wise probably make me cry in my current cranky condition.

You Know the Dogs Have Taken Over When…

… you find yourself vacuuming the comforter because you’re so sick of schlepping to the laundromat since it won’t fit in your own washer — and you wonder why you didn’t think of this sooner.

… instead of getting annoyed that the dogs knocked over the trash can when you went out to get the mail, you’re just relieved they didn’t eat the remote control you forgot to put on top of the piano for safekeeping.

… it begins to seem normal to squeeze yourself into 4 square inches of couch space because you can’t get a sleeping mastiff to move to the floor.

… the moment you see a dog on TV, you immediately lunge for the mute button while saying loudly “It’s TV, it’s TV” to reassure your animals that their inevitable frantic barking at the television dog’s first sound is completely unnecessary.

… you’ve stopped fighting against letting them in through the back door even though there’s a perfectly good dog door if they would just walk the extra 50 feet to get to it.

How can you tell the dogs have taken over at your house?

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(www.meowbarkblog.com) — Hat tip to Kim Woodbridge for finding this hilarious video, with a great song to boot.

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(www.meowbarkblog.com) — You know we’re getting a trampoline after watching these hilarious animals!

And one more with embedding disabled: Cat vs. Dog on Trampoline

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(www.meowbarkblog.com) — Thanks to my good friend Kim Woodbridge for showing me this hilarious video of a cat being played with by a passel of adorable puppies. I’m impressed with Fluffy’s self-control, I have to admit.

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(www.meowbarkblog.com) — My English mastiff Murphy and this dog must have been separated at birth, because they both are total water babies.

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(www.meowbarkblog.com) — My husband snapped this picture on the highway today. You have to give these people points for creativity!

Image Copyright © 2008 Jesse King. All Rights Reserved.

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(www.meowbarkblog.com) — Okay, so maybe we were a little bored. And tired. And punchy. And maybe we’d both had a few drinks. That’s probably why we thought it would be fun to tie bandanas on Pickles and Murphy.

Meet Babushka Pickles

Murphy is Too Cool for School

“Take THAT, bandana!”

And that’s probably also why Murphy, after taking it off, proceeded to tear it into five pieces after playing a brief bout of tug of war with Pickles.

Time for a new bandana!

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(www.meowbarkblog.com) — We’re in the market for a new couch, and I came across this nightmare in one of the local furniture stores. It was so ugly that I couldn’t believe it was real, so I had to take a picture.

One indicator that you may have taken your love of animals too far: You put THIS hideous thing in your living room.

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(www.meowbarkblog.com) — As soon as I started playing these, Pickles got her serious bark on and was totally freaking out. I think she wants to be a gangsta pug, too!

- Kristen