I will be strong, puppy dog eyes will no longer work on me!

I am putting my foot down!  I will no longer believe my husband or my children when they look at me with those sweet pleading eyes promising with all the sincerity they can gather in that moment when they ask for a new puppy, cat, fish, hamster, chinchilla or any other creature that cannot take of themselves on their own!  This time I really really mean it.

This revelation will come as a shock to my parents because as a child I brought home every stray I could catch and love.  I love animals, I just don't want to take care of any more of them.  I have learned. repeatedly, if an animal of any kind  comes into this house I will be feeding, walking, cleaning up any fluids that chooses to come out of "it", taking "it" to the vet, giving "it" medicine, running after "it" as "it" runs through the neighborhood every time "it" happens to escape, etc.

I love, love, love my pets.  I just do not want another dog, sorry B.