...your letters, blog posts, and other forms of communication are filled with puppies, puppies puppies!

...you know every one of your dogs full names and birthdates by heart.

...you know the birthdates of all your litters ny heart!

...if you are really good, you know all your dogs AKC numbers by heart!!

...you loose five to ten pounds every six months or so.

...you measure six month increments of time with litters of puppies.

...your favorite website is AKC.org.

...you know every inch of the registration papers by heart.

...you have figured out, down to the dollar per day, exactly how much you earn per litter.

...you have an entire three-inch three-ring binder devoted to information about all you past litters.

...you keep lists of names just for your litters of puppies.

...you recognize dozens of different people in Walmart, and say "Oh, yeah, they bought a puppy from us."

...your friend calls you a "dog midwife".

...you save your junkiest t-shirts and jeans for "puppy time".

...your favorite smell is...oooohhhh!!!....puppies!!...you see old rags and blankets, and say "Save 'em for puppies".

...you realize that you are probably the only person in the world that sings to your litters of pups.

...the only make-up you wear is dog spit, and often the only perfume you wear is dog fur smell.

...you remember to brush the dog hair off your clothes right before you walk into church.

...you try planning a vacation, but then remember,"Who's gonna feed the dogs?".

...you have learned to like the smell of liquid wormer.

~Hannah