Where Is This Dog Mania Headed?

An appeal for some common sense.

Where Is This Dog Mania Headed?

 

By Elton Camp

 

When people call dogs “their children” it make me curious

If they are speaking metaphorically, or they may be serious

Some actually go so far their great love of their dogs to prove

To base their house purchase on whether the dog will approve

 

If Bowser gets sick, many thousands they will gladly spend

To see if the ailing mutt can be restored to good health again

Companies find a ready market for health insurance for a pet

To me, that shows how unbalanced this pet worship can get

 

So, why bother to resist?  Dress your so-precious cur in a suit

Get him glasses so he can see better and look especially cute

And when Bowser loses the battle and finally passes away,

Put thousands in a casket, vault, and cemetery for him to stay

 

So certainly after all this and they money that you’ve spent

Get some preacher who will claim that it’s to heaven he went

Even now good old Bower is trotting down the celestial street

While he sprays with urine every fireplug that he does meet

 

Some angry reader will say, “It’s nothing to you what I do,”

And I will be quick to admit that what you say is very true

I am merely attempting to appeal to common sense a tiny bit

Your Bowser is really nothing but a dog, so don’t have a fit