My family just adopted three darling little puppies from a rescue organization (shout out to Smash Face Rescue!).  They are cocker spaniel-poodle mixes, aka cock-a-poos.

When I saw how many puppies there were I was surprised.  “How on earth did the mother dog carry all of these puppies?”  I asked.  She couldn’t have been very big if she was a poodle, or a cocker spaniel, or a mix of those two.  Then the man explained the situation.  Here it is:  “Jerry Springer”:  The Canine Edition.

  The puppies were from two litters--same father, different mothers.  That’s not the “Jerry Springer” part.  The two mothers…were sisters!  BAM!  And they delivered their litters two days apart.  I guessing that the daddy dog’s name was “Player”.

  The owners of the love triangle did not bother to get their pets spayed or neutered.  Very responsible of them, right?  And so that family went from having three dogs to having thirteen.  And my family?  We went from having two dogs to having five.

  Each of my three kids chose a different puppy.  I had a choice to make. I could tell one kid they got the puppy they wanted and the other two were out of luck, or I could become a “dog lady” (which I am hoping is a step up from being a “cat lady”) and let them each get the one they wanted.  I opted for the latter.  What I save on therapy for the kids I will spend on dog food.  It’s probably a wash.

  Now you are probably scratching your heads and thinking, “Why couldn’t that woman ‘just say no’?”  I’ll tell you why.  Or better yet…a picture’s worth a thousand words.  Here's three thousand for you.

"MAGGIE" 

"DILLON"

"PARKER"

Please spay and neuter your pets.  These three will be as soon as they are six months.  If not, they’ll no doubt make more puppies.  Double whammy pregnancies and incest—that’s even too “Jerry Springer” for Jerry Springer I’ll bet!  And I’m more of an Oprah gal myself.