All dates must pass your dog's inspection

All of your clothes have dog hair on them, even when they come back from the laundromat or dry cleaners.

You get birthday cards for each of your dogs from family, friends, and the vet. (Bonus if you keep them on the refrigerator for more than a month.)

Every gift you ever get has something to do with dogs

Kiss your dog more than 10 times per greeting.

All your non-dog friends know to dress down when visiting your house 

Books and movies are ruined for you if the dog references are incorrect.

Onlookers grimace at the sight of you sharing your sandwich with your four-legged pal, bite for bite

Call long distance and talk with your dog.

Dog hair in food is just another spice.

If you are cold, you put a sweater on your dog.

Any conversation you're having is effortlessly directed back to the topic of dogs

90 percent of your Internet connection time goes to the dogs (seeing what's
new when you enter your breed into the browser, reading up on multiple
lists, checking out photos, sounds and faqs, etc.).
All kinds of things around the house are in need of repair, but the injured
dog you rescued by the side of the road requires immediate surgery and out
comes the checkbook

All of your charitable donations go to dog-related and humane society
groups.

All of your furniture came to you second hand or via curbside discard, but
your dog crates are top of the line, industry premium.

All your social activities revolve around other dog people

Your voice is recognized by your vet's receptionist

And after 3 and a half hours of grooming you let that beautiful creature out
to go potty before bedtime and he turns and looks back at you, all clean and
pretty, he smiles a little smile that warms your heart so deeply that words
can never say. A picture you will remember forever. When the dog comes back
in you realize he has been rolling in the dead bird/squirrel you thought you
carefully buried that morning.

At least three of your five weeks vacation are scheduled around grooming,
vaccinations and dental cleaning...all for the dogs!

Oh my! didn't realise I would relate to so many! (well nearly all)

oh ok, all of them

:D :D

A bit too true

Sarah.

OMG   I really thought you must know me reading that.

I realised I was a dog person when I needed to tidy my hair in the car and the only brush I could find was a dog brush and, just for a moment, considered using it

:D

Paula

Oh, so true!

Paula, the slicker brush can be a bit painful but the metal combs are fine :P

Paula.....I use my dogs brush all the time at shows just before i go in the ring!!!!         Cant believe I just said that     I must get a life!!

And Leomad's a hairdresser. I think I'll cancel my appointment TIC ;)

Sooo glad it's not just me

The other thing which non-doggy friends just don't get is that dog hair in butter is just added fibre :D

Paula

Hey Paula, I often use the dog comb on my own hair - oh dear!

Worrying how many of those described me, I must say. :-D

Ditto, after all their hair is as clean as mine, and it's a metal comb..

I'm known in FC's for using the show brush I keep in my pocket for my own hair.

One extra to the list...
You feel like there's something missing from your meal when you go out to eat, and there's no dog hair in it??

How about ,going to the fair,winning the cuddly toys,then stand there checkng that they are soft enough,pulling the eyes and noses of the toys to make sure they wont fall out,whilst explaining  to any bored fairground worker that will listen,that they are for your dogs,and then having all your mates hand over all the soft toys they have won to give to your furry babes aswell.

LOL!!! We don't relate to too many of those yet but you gave us a good laugh.
However I will definately have to say no thanks to the extra spices or using her hair brush (I've always done that before I leave the house plus we all have black hair - don't know about you but in the last few years I've started to hide my grey bits - cannot see myself doing something purposely to accentuate them).

I have to say that I didnt relate to that many of those either but another one to add is:
You know your a dog person when you open a bag, pocket, glove compartment, drawer, washing machine etc and find at least one poo bag inside!

I have dogs and cats and I have to say that many of those can be related to cat owners too - in particular the hairs (and cat cards and gifts from friends!)