everything has its place.

I adore organization. I like the idea of everything having a home. Buckets, baskets, bins, boxes, compartments, labels. I am not saying I am always good at keeping everything organized, but I love the concept and I have fun getting everything to be just so. This is not lost on our household's dog and cat gear.
I get a oodles of joy from organizing our dog and cat "this and that." Directly inside the main door to our home is a shelving unit stacked with bins, baskets, and jars filled with all things fuzzy friend.

The top shelf is reserved for all things edible. The jars house kibble, biscuits, rawhide and other treats. The clang of the top of any glass jar is enough to bring on the pitter-patter of paws (canine and feline alike) or the clambering of bodies slipping and sliding on the hardwood floor, depending on how drowsy the gang is on any given day. It is all so Pavlovian. (Cue the drooling.)

Move down a shelf and you will find the land of the leashes. We have every kind of leash known to dogkind. Short, long, rugged, fancy, retractable, regular clip, outfitted with poop bags. I am a bit of a leash hog. In addition to having all kinds- some of which are necessary and others which are totally frivolous- they can be found in baskets, buckets, cars, and they have even been known to travel in my purse. Along with a stash of poo bags. I'm always prepared. Also on that shelf one can find a bucket filled with a mish-mash of necessities- poop bags, tick removers, blinking lights for collars. And next to that, Sherm's corner: A bucket of snuggle buddies, without which Sherm cannot sleep, and a small dish of medication to control his seizures. A very important corner of a shelf on many levels.
Then of course there is the bucket of grooming supplies, basket of extra collars, and a bucket full of tennis balls. We can never, ever run out of those. Sherm and Bpui would stage a protest. We go through them awfully quickly as many dog families do.

Lastly, the bottom shelf is home to two bags- a doggie bath bag and a doggie first aid bag. They were given to me by some friends as a birthday gift. I was thrilled. I thought it was one of the coolest gifts ever. I love receiving gifts that I can share with my dogs! I am also the type of person who, given the choice of buying myself a new sweater or heading to the local pet store and buying the dogs something new, I would undoubtedly choose to purchase a new bed, bag of rawhide, toy, or what-have-you for the dogs and cats in our house. And then I would find a bucket to put it in.

Ps. I misused a word in my last post and improper grammar keeps me up at night. I wrote the word souly. It should be solely. I thought of this at about 2 a.m. I need to get a life.