I think by now it is no secret that I spend a lot of time at home, in my pajamas. Since I work from home, I think that dressing up is a waste because no one but Lola will see it. When I do laundry each week, it is a pile of soft cotton that stretches – nary a button in site.
It is this behavior pattern that has ruined my once regal bulldog.
Lola is no longer oblivious to my preparations for leaving the house. Just the mere whiff of denim jeans being pulled from a drawer will leave Lola pacing frantically. She smashes into my legs, hoping to break my hip so that I am forced to stay home with her forever. When that doesn’t work, she’ll repeatedly stop right in front of me, forcing me to trip over her so that she can let out a whimper of feigned pain. Leaving your bulldog in pain is a sin no Mommybeast would commit. Her final tactic to prevent me from ever leaving our house is brilliant – she blocks my access to the shoe cabinet. If I want a pair of shoes, I have to wrestle her into submission which leaves me sticky with slobber and covered in dog hair.
I can leave the house, but all will know I abandoned a baby bulldog to do so.
Now it is time to make some tough decisions. Do I stay at home forever, becoming a recluse who will eventually start hoarding empty toilet paper rolls for no reason? Do I bribe Lola with treats and toys to make it easier on myself to leave her behind? Do I abandon her each day, teaching her to survive on her own until my return? None of these seem like much fun so I went with a different idea.
Lola now has her very own dog stroller.
That’s right! If you’re going to embrace the hipster doofus inside of you, make it count! Not only does Lola have a stroller, but it has different canopies for me to choose from, depending on the weather of the day. There is a basket in the bottom which means I can now pack quinoa and other hipster doofus supplies – like essential oils for unexpected contact with people who use body wash that contain perfumes and artificial coloring. I’m planning to attach a fan to it so that Lola can be kept in comfort at all times.
Lola does indeed have a stroller, but not because I’ve finally succumbed to the hipster doofus lifestyle. We’re going on a road trip to the desert and the temperatures get so hot that Lola won’t be able to walk on the ground without severely burning her feet. The last trip we went on resulted in us having to carry Lola across concrete parking lots in order to put her feet on cool grass to do her business. Since hauling a bulldog in yours arms looks completely undignified, I figured the stroller would at least ensure no one hurt their back on this next trip.
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Lola .. you must have been good in your previous life … you gave reached Paradise Level Nirvana
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She’s quite thrilled!
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awww I know how you feel when I spend most of my time with children lol X #familyfunlinky
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My brain is getting weirder than its ever been!
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I’m going to need a photo of the bulldog in the stroller!! Please?
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I’ll get one!
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When Rev T and go for our evening walk, Mufasa runs after us mewing if he spots us. We have to keep going and not look at him. He eventually runs back to the garden and waits for us to come back. Then tells us off again for leaving him. (I also want a picture of Lola in her stroller)
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Maybe you need to get Mufasa a little kitty stroller! I’m going to have Hubster take a photo of Lola and I using the stroller this week.
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Great idea to protect the paws and I liked the imagination.
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Ahhhh! The things we do for our dogs! Our mutt Benji gets so excited when we prepare to take him for a walk, that he jumps around and scratches the floor. We had to start spelling “Do you want to go for a W-A-L-K?” Then he figured that out too. Now we call it a stroll. How long before he understands that too?
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Next you can call it a promenade- that should stump him for awhile!
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I would love to see a photo of the bulldog in the stroller!! Humour us, please???!!!!
#GlobalBlogging
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I plastered them all over Instagram but I also have a post. Check it out on ShankYouPets week 31
https://shank-you-very-much.com/2018/08/05/shankyoupets-week-31/
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I am definitely censoring this piece from Tucker’s computer, because I refuse to push a 150 pound St. Bernard down the road.
And he REALLY needs the exercise.
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If you ever do have to push him down the road in a stroller, we will all need photographic evidence because that would be a Herculean feat!
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Genius idea! Poor Lola. We can’t have her burning her feet.
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We love to travel so much, this definitely makes sure she doesn’t get injured!
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Stroll on girls! #GlobalBlogging
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I love that Lola has a stroller – well why not? She’s your family, she deserves to be treated as such. How cute x #GlobalBlogging
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I would not be able to travel if I did not ensure my baby Lola was completely taken care of while we were on our journeys. And now I’ve used the stroller on two trips and it has definitely become a necessity in her comfort in new places.
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I was about to say, can’t she walk….urrr like a dog?? But then read your last part about hit pavements. Stroller it is then! Perfect all round.
Love your description! Dottie loves to stare at me when I go out as if she has mind powers!
#globalblogging
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We were really feeling a little bit weird about the stroller but since we love to travel so much l, and our favorite place to travel is the desert of the south west, it is a necessity. Watching her burn her paws at Yellowstone almost broke us. And it’s actually quite surprising how many people in the US are using dog strollers, because when you travel you do not know what the climate will be. It takes 10 to 12 days to drive from one coast to the other, and that is a lot of weather environment to have to predict.
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Yes, it’s a great idea. In the long hot summer we’ve just had, I was amazed at some owners walking their dogs in the hot pavement and not even considering that this may burn their dogs feet?!
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That is awful! Those poor puppy paws 🐾
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#GlobalBlogging Lola, congrats on getting a stroller! Best to protect your feet from the hot cement. 🙂
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She loves the luxury of riding in it!
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Better to have a stroller than an injured dog with hot feet I say. And you not only save a dog from burnt feel but a human from a hurt back, and possibly a hernia 😉 #GlobalBlogging
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All very good points!
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we are going to need to see a photo of the dog in the stroller
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She posted in on the #ShankYouPets week 31 post! And on Instagram.
https://shank-you-very-much.com/2018/08/05/shankyoupets-week-31/
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That’s a great idea and a practical solution! Why not? #globalblogging
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Lola sporting a stroller is brilliant! Love this — Gatsby still must walk, so I don’t have to cut his toenails! xoxo #globalblogging xo
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