Reply #41: WOW!! What a novel idea....

[Pharlo]

Keep the spouse and dispense with the pet.

That never would have occurred to me - it also probably explains why I'm not married.

Dumb acts of pets:

Diablo got bored and decided to chew on the car. Dented the wheelwell, but not his teeth.

Chandler hated skunks. He HAD to kill them. Every couple of months I had a house dog getting sprayed by a skunk. (Think he'd have learned....Noooooo).

Brownie hated bees, so he'd kill them. Got stung in his mouth continuously. (He didn't seem to be able to catch on either.)

Then, for hours of entertainment, there was Freddie. He would go out in the pond and try to catch ducks. He never caught one. He'd lunge at the duck and the next thing he knew, the duck would be behind him 'quacking'. Those ducks had more fun at his expense....