Do Your Pets Help With Chores?

by Courtney Mroch | More from this Blogger

08 Oct 2007 08:25 AM

Murphy, Mr. Meow, and Tabby do. Or at least they like to think they do. Mostly they just keep me company, but to a great extent that helps. It makes my chores go faster!

Wayne's always been amazed how consistent they are with helping me. Each of them picked the tasks they like helping me with best and every time I do them there they are, my little helpers.

Murphy Helps With...

Almost everything. He helps me:

1) bring in the mail

2) mail stuff out

3) bring in groceries

4) load up recyclables for dropping off (Which sometimes he even comes with to drop off as well.)

5) grill dinners and such

6) round up escaped cats (He's pretty good at chasing down Mr. Meow and cornering him before he can get too far when the little rascal successfully makes a break for it.)

7) water outside plants and the lawn

8) take out the garbage

9) put out the garbage can on trash pick up day

Basically anything that involves going outside, Murph's a ready volunteer.

Mr. Meow Helps With...

1) folding laundry

2) changing sheets on the beds (I call it "chasing ghosts" the way he scoots all over smoothing out the sheets when I throw them over the mattress)

3) dishes (He loves playing in water, and he takes particular delights in trying to sneak a sip from the kitchen faucet whenever he can)

4) food prep (He's worse than Murphy trying to catch anything that falls to the ground. And some ingredients -like cheese- he likes so much he'll try to hop on the counter to get before I can add it to whatever I'm adding it to.)

Tabby Helps With...

1) feeding everyone (And I mean everyone! When it's breakfast or dinner time for them, she accompanies me while I fill everyone's bowls. When it's dinner time for the humans, she's there helping me serve that up too.)

2) folding laundry (Yep, she's learned from Mr. Meow that this can mean playtime because I'll throw socks on the bed to match up that they can play in, and I'll also take periodic breaks to wrestle with them.)

3) cleaning litter boxes (Don't ask me why, but every day she follows me from the one to the other while I scoop their poop. Weird.)

I'm On My Own For...

Cleaning bathrooms, dusting and vacuuming, and mopping the floors. Oh well, at least I have good help for the other stuff.

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Courtney Mroch is a wife, a proud pet parent, and a writer. She's been with her husband, high school sweetheart Wayne Pryor, over 20 years, married 11 of those. She's "mom" to Mr. Meow, a.k.

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