More people use Facebook than live with dogs.
Why? Don’t they know dogs are better than social media?
Dogs More Fun Than Social Media; Need Better Marketing
♥ You don’t need tools to measure your influence with a dog. You know every time you call and they come to you.
♥ Dogs don’t change their appearance every two weeks.
♥ If a dog “stops working,” your vet can usually help you figure out why.
♥ Your dog doesn’t cut you off at 140 characters.
♥ You’ll never find an exact copy of your dog somewhere else without getting credit for the original.
♥ You can watch puppies play. And cuddle with them afterwards.
♥ You don’t have to add your dog to your circle and he doesn’t have to add you to his. It’s just love.
♥ No one will take over your dog so that when you walk him, he automatically leads you to a porn site or someone selling designer knock-offs.
♥ You don’t have to remember a password to play fetch.
♥ Your dog will never ask you for imaginary farm implements to play some dumb game.
♥ When you play with your dog, billboards don’t pop up telling you how you can lose 50 pounds in a week, buy a house with no money down, or get rid of wrinkles using the secret doctors don’t want you to know.
♥ You don’t need WiFi to play with your dog.
♥ Your dog will never share your most embarrassing moments with everyone in the world.
♥ If you toss a ball for your dog, he won’t come back with a long rant about your political beliefs.
♥ A dog can keep you warm when the heat goes out.
♥ Your dog will never “unfriend” you.
How is your dog better than social media?
Who’s the Better Leader?
Last week I asked who would make a better president, you or your dog? Here are the results:
Survey Results
| Question01 | A good leader follows through until she meets her goal. |
| YOU | YOUR DOG | NEITHER | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Who is more persistent? | 13 | 32 | 4 |
| Question02 | A good leader is persuasive. |
| YOU | YOUR DOG | NEITHER | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Who is better at influencing others? | 13 | 34 | 2 |
| Question03 | A good leader is intelligent. |
| YOU | YOUR DOG | NEITHER | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Who is a better problem solver? | 26 | 21 | 2 |
| Question04 | A good leader has empathy. |
| YOU | YOUR DOG | NEITHER | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Who is better at understanding others’ feelings? | 24 | 22 | 3 |
| Question05 | A good leader does what’s right, even when it’s difficult. |
| YOU | YOUR DOG | NEITHER | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Who has more integrity? | 28 | 17 | 3 |
| Question06 | A good leader communicates well. |
| YOU | YOUR DOG | NEITHER | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Who’s better at telling others what they need to know?? | 10 | 35 | 2 |
| Question07 | A good leader knows how to keep disagreements from escalating. |
| YOU | YOUR DOG | NEITHER | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Who is more diplomatic? | 19 | 25 | 4 |
Looks like dogs are often better at communicating, convincing, and persisting until they get what they want. No big surprises there.
What did I learn from this? Perhaps the best presidential pairing is a woman with a dog.
Things Your Dog Doesn’t Want You to Know Giveaway
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I am a Facebook user, but you know, most evening I opt for the dog rather than the social media.
Sam
Love it! But can’t I have both? As long as the dogs always come first? 🙂
Sounds like you’re as frustrated with FB as I am. I prefer my dogs over the computer — social media or otherwise — every time! Unfortunately, there are times when I don’t have a choice about getting on the computer.
I was about to say it’s probably neck and neck for me with social media and dogs…but then I remembered, cats make the internet better. I’ve got both in my home, so…
Hey, I would totally love to see a woman and a dog running the White House!
I have to agree with all your points. What’s really fun is when I’m on the computer and I have both dogs piked on my lap.
I got bullied into joining FB, but never for having a dog.
Love “your dog won’t unfriend you” 🙂
This was a great post Pamela-peoples (except the whole “coming when called” thing – that’s overrated!) 🙂
That’s cute! Dogs are definitely better than social media. ♥ ♥ ♥
Ha! So true! All of them!
I laughed at the “You don’t need a tool to measure your influence.” So true. I come home and the barking tells me my worth with my dogs. Daisy’s wiggly butt does that too.
Great list Pamela!
Oh I like that theory, I WILL vote for a woman with a dog. 🙂 Perhaps you and Honey?
First of all, I’d like to hotly contest the fact that your dog will never share your most embarrassing moments with the world. I guess you missed The Great Underwear Occurrence of 2007, where a puggle who shall go unnamed emptied the entire contents of my lingerie drawer onto our lawn and presented them to every visitor to the back fence for hours. When I came home from work I was mortified to see all my lacy bits dangling from the fence, strewn about the lawn and the puggle wearing a negligee as a hat.