Before I had a puppy I used to be able to...

[jaydee67]

All of the above (except the lizard!), isn't it nice to know you're not the only one?

Put a ball of yarn down and not come back to a rat's nest/ leave pens out/ shred my own paper walk around in the morning with bare legs under my dressing gown/ go to Pilates and not only notice I am covered in paw prints when I got there/ have lazy Sunday afternoons instead of going to Dog Club/ make my kids scoop the poop in the back garden from their dogs - now I have to take a turn too!

[Sharpie]

Wear dangly earrings...without the worry of them being ripped out by over enthusiastic spaniel ear licks!

[Mutley]

.... wonder whether a dog would be a good idea or not.

Now I know the answer! 

[HBP]

Not find pieces of chewed up lino tangled up in my "clean" tights....

[Josie81]

Hehe.. I do like this thread.

for me...

Wear my slippers
Have nice grass and pot plants in the garden (our grass now has burn patches and the pot plants are no more!)
Walk up and down my stairs without being followed and fearing that I might get tripped up.

[Archie bean]

Have a coffee with a friend without worrying that a furry person would be missing me. 

[ollie nathan's mum]

Hoover the floors without a cocker by my side ( in the way )

[julie1]

Hoover the floors without a cocker by my side ( in the way )

Kez is terrified of it, fly's upstairs as soon as I go to the cupboard door.

[Olwen]

... have borders without craters and paths clear of soil.

[airyfairy76]

Hoover the floors without a cocker by my side ( in the way )

Kez is terrified of it, fly's upstairs as soon as I go to the cupboard door.

Lottie isn't scared of anything, so she tries to take the Hoover on.  Follows it around, leaping and prancing at, barking like a loon, every so often trying to take a bite out of it.  Crazy girl...

 

[airyfairy76]

Sleep through the night without waking up to a demented doglet trying to dig up the pillow maniacally, and/or sitting on my stomach harrumphing at me. 

Go for a long walk, without my bathroom resembling a pigsty afterward.

[Mrs Pepper]

Sleep through the night without waking up to a demented doglet trying to dig up the pillow maniacally, and/or sitting on my stomach harrumphing at me.