One of my family members with both a dog and a baby had the genius idea of posting an ad for anyone that wants a temporary dog to borrow theirs during the day. Their dog now gets walks and play time with several retired people for a few hours on weekdays, and they get a little time without having to care for both a dog and a kid.

The worst part of having a dog: Grieving over it's death.

Ada has grown so much🥺

Dogs and pets in general are great because loving them is simple. You offer them a home and typically they just love you. There's no balance of egos, no pretense, no complicated exchange of words and ideas. They just spend quality time and that's how they love. Simple love.

The worst part about owning a pet: Vacations. You have to find someone else to take care of your responsibility every time you want to go anywhere on a vacation.

My dog has begun to pick up on it when I feel overwhelmed and stressed. He nudges me and that's how I notice now that I really need to step back from a situation and let go of that agitation. I think in terms of dealing with my burn-out and anxiety... he's a key figure in my progress :)

What I love about having pet dogs is that it is always simple and achievable to make them happy. It's sometimes hard to know what will make me happy and content, or what will make my loved ones happy and content... But my two dogs? I just drive 5 minutes to the dog park and they run around having the time of their lives. Seeing them happy makes me happy :)

I really enjoy just their kind disposition and happy nature. There's nothing like a happy dog to put you in a good mood

I look forward to your "Why Do People Love their Kids" video, starting with a list of why they should not.

Craig... Your parents are just amazing. That's all.

I live on a farm. We have one that herds. Two who are livestock guardians, and two German shepherds who do it all as long as chickens aren’t involved 😞 but they have over 40 acres fenced in and keep busy all the time. I don’t know what I’d do without them. There’s nothing that comes close to the unconditional love they provide, plus they work for food. 😂

I think dog breed is really important. I've had 2 deerhounds in the past and a greyhound now and they've all been SO chill. Almost never bark, wouldn't hurt a fly, happy to just sleep inbetween a couple of walks, and don't shed that much. Every time we walk past a house with a barker I'm so glad for my own quiet giant. I wouldn't ever get a high energy barking dog!

We just adopted a massive sweet black lab mix yesterday! We have 4 kids and they seriously needed a dog.

I’ve got two more benefits for dogs. 1) Guard Dogs Even dogs that aren’t specifically guard dogs give some benefit of protection. As it turns out, people think twice about maybe breaking into your home if there is a potentially loud, bitey thing in there. 2) Other people will talk to you about your dog. Especially on walks.

About the cat versus dog thing: there are cats who absolutely behave like dogs. When I was a kid our neighbours had this cat who hung out with us - she probably ate with our cats as well, my mother wouldn't have minded. She was very affectionate and she would stand on her hind legs for treats. I think we could have taught her lots of other tricks if we'd wanted.

Omg your parents are the best. When she yells “DIVORCE TIME” put my husband in the fetal position so fast. Lol

I never realized how much my dog took care of my health until after his death. Aside from the daily walks, when I was sitting by the computer drawing or writing he'd bring me a squeaky toy about once an hour and demand we play for a bit. That part was never a chore and I never thought much about it until he was gone. When I sit by the computer drawing or writing I hyperfixate and barely move. Without him forcing me to take breaks to stretch and move I quickly developed all kinds of aches. Then there are those everyday parts where one feels sad and he'd come to cuddle a bit unprompted, or the way he'd clear his throat and give me a demanding look when he thought I took too long getting dressed before walks and a million little things that made him worth it. I'm not sure I'd want a dog if I was living all by myself, though. Even if you've got pneumonia or the runs you still have to walk the dog several times a day, and when you're sick or in pain that's tough.

We had two dogs. One of them died 2 years ago when he was 10. I still miss him every day. We talk about him, we have inside jokes, we have songs we used to sing to get him to pee or take his vitamins. All sorts. He's like a family member who passed. Like my dad. We essentially keep his memory. We loved him. We have another dog who will turn 14 in October. She's having trouble standing now. She has cataracts. She's had 3 surgeries. To be honest, it's very expensive to keep her. She needs a lot of maintenance supplements and drugs. She has vet visits every 2 weeks. She just scratched her eye and needed to be sedated so she can get stitches to let it heal. But I will go broke before I let her down. We will not abandon her. We will not put her down until it is the only medical option possible. Because we love her so much and we can still care for her and give her good days. Because she has kept us company, have given us love, has shown us care. To be honest, I'm one of those people who don't care much for individual people a lot. Like, conceptually I care. I support progressive, socially responsible politics. I donate. I volunteer. But I don't have best friends. Or am particularly a good listener, good company or friendly. But I know how much I can love because I've loved my family. And I've loved our dogs. I've been scared for them. I've cared for them. I grieved and cried for our boy.

09:32 Now Ada, remember what daddy said: "Just because you cannibalism, doesn't mean you should nibble ism."

A lot of people are mentioning the "cleaning up" aspect as a negative. That's a bit odd to me. I've had dogs since I was 2 and from the beginning, poop control has just been a small part. It's also a part of caring for their health as a conditional indicator. It's going to happen and if they've been trained, you can get a routine. One plus of dogs over kids is that by the time they're old enough to borrow the car, they're too old to drive.

when he said "but I DOGress..." I choked on my cereal 😅

"I ate all the oatmeal..." 😂 Your parents crack me up! Great video as always, thank you!

One big reason to have a dog if you have kids, teaching the child empathy. They grow up learning how we take care of others, show love, and how to be responsible. Also, helps your kids not be too clean and build up immune systems.

I got my emotional support dog letter from my doc when I realized how much my dog improved my life and mood. He makes me a little more active since I live in an apartment on the second floor. I at least get a little bit of walking and sun every day. I have always liked dogs but with everything going on in my life my dog really helps with my depression and anxiety.

I actually was feeling kind of bad for Birdie until you addressed it at the end. She's such a sweetie!!

It really depends on the dog though, our first dog wanted to kill every other dog, our second dog gets along great with all other dogs and BONUS doesn't ever poop on walks, only once every morning in the backyard. He's the best dog!

I did enjoy this overcomplication of a question of you didn’t have answers to. Thank you.

Your parents stole the show. As for dogs: this was very city-living-centric. If you live in the countryside - just let them out in the morning and let them herd horses or geese or wild boars or whatever all day long. No dog sh*t collecting required.

This video is so validating because I just rescued a 8mo mutt 3 weeks ago and I’ve been feeling a lot of guilt for not loving every second of being a first-time dog owner

As a cat person, I would love to know lol. I do really like dogs, but only other people's dogs. Owning one and living with it full time seems like a nightmare tbh. They're just a little too close to having a human child as far as how much care they need. Having to walk them outside every single day, the constant begging for attention, the random barking at people just passing by your house, etc. Cats are a nice step down. You don't have to take them outside, you can just clean the litterbox at your own convenience, and while my two cats are incredibly affectionate by cat standards they will generally leave me alone if I'm not in the mood for their company. And if I want a quick snuggle I can just go pluck a sleeping furbaby up off the couch and hold him for awhile. Also, and this is of UTMOST importance, they are QUIET. A baby's cry and a dog's bark are two of the worst sounds in the universe and I never ever want to live in a house where I can randomly be exposed to either. If the choice is between no pets and a loud pet, I will choose no pets every single time.

WAIT WHEN DID ADA GROW UP INTO A TODDLER!???? SHE JUST GOT BORN!???

Craig sounds exactly like his father, except younger, it's uncanny

Dogs are HEAVEN. We have four. My life would suck without them. They make us laugh every single day, they don't judge, they love unconditionally, always happy to see you, make you feel special, I love caring for them and giving them the best life I can. It's easy, dogs are the BEST.

The bit with your parents was hilarious lol

i don't know when you filmed this but wow you look great, all that working out is paying off!

This was so fun - as usual! its been a while since Ive watched one of your videos ( I binged all of them last year) and I'm so happy I watched this one!

We got a dog (puppy) and it was the most stressful few months of our life lol. It was like having a toddler that also chewed furniture. It was so full-on, demanded so much attention, limited so much in what you can do (we realised, oh, going for a walk? You can't stop at a cafe for lunch. You can't take it into the playground area. You can't take it on the beach... Even all the outdoor stuff we liked to do wasn't compatible with a dog. My partner has anxiety. Dog is supposed to be good for anxiety? ABSOLUTE oppose experience. All the stress of it was panic attack inducing for her. Really recommend thinking twice getting a dog to treat anxiety or depression. We found someone to re-home it. Overall, SO glad I don't have a dog.

I like dogs because I don't like people but still need some form of companionship.

The comparison between older clips and the newer interviews really highlights your fitness progress. Nice job!

I havent watched your videos in a while... wow, things have changed. You've lost so much weight and your daughter is so grown! But your sense of humor never changes. And dogs are awesome!

My husband and I have been talking about the dog(s) we'd own together since we were just friends. We got married in June of 2018 and both sets of parents told us we'd basically be ruining our lives forever if we got a dog and...in December 2018 we brought home an 8 week old puppy named Moxie and she's 100% the greatest decision we've made. We lasted a whole six months without one lol

"Different aromas for different abromas" incredible

Random cat fact since you mentioned the puppy eyes; cats don't miauw when they didn't grow up with humans. Used to volunteer at a shelter and with TNR (Trap, Neuter, Return) we would sometimes hear a miauw in the "wild cat" area and that's how we would find out that certain cats were just scared but used to humans so most of the ones that miauwed for us, would get put in the "normal cat" area to work on their fear and get adopted out as pets.

I can't tell you how much joy these videos bring me

I'm a lifelong dog owner and owner of a dog-walking business. The love and comfort a dog can offer is unparalleled! I can't imagine not having pups in my life!

I love how whole heartedly your parents go along with your skits for them 😆

A well-trained dog who is well cared for is a dream. A poorly trained dog who is not properly trained/looked after is a nightmare. I have lived with other people’s dogs for ten years and have seen both and I have learned over that time that I absolutely suck at training them. All I see is all the work and responsibility required when I look at a dog and I don’t want my own. I am a rabbit person. My rabbit lives in my room, uses a litterbox and is quiet a lot of the time. No walking required. There are so many pets that are lower maintenance and give just as much joy, like cats, rabbits, hamsters, and reptiles.

So glad the your parents are doing better, they are every reason I watch.

NEW WHEEZY LETS GO BABYYYYY

That last bit really cracked me up.

I see it like: 30% of owning a dog is bad, annoying, etc.. but the rest 70% is just good, great or just plain fantastic.

Seeing your parents work it out have me the closure I didn’t know I needed.

We got so concerned over your parents marriage he had to wrap up the joke in a nice bow 🤣

One theory is that Human and Dogs evolve along side one an other. They would of evolve to be able to learn to understand our emotion and vice versa

I love dogs. I've always been a dog person and the only times I've lived without dogs is after they go missing (pre-big social network days, like the internet existed, but it wasn't like it is now) and after they pass away. Even though the passing away or going missing parts are really sad, especially if they're unexpected, I'm happy that for the time that they were on this Earth, I was able to provide them love, warmth, food, shelter and pats. My current dog, Trixie, is a dog from puppy farms, so she has a lot of trauma (like me) and even though she makes me mad sometimes, I love her nonetheless. It's going to be hard when she passes away, but it's not happened yet so we don't have to worry.

Dogs are one of the secrets to happiness!

If you're in the Madison area, that hail tells me just about when that conversation was filmed haha.

0:27 the look that he gave him when he hesitated had me cracking up 😂👏🏻

I used to watch WheezyWaiter in high school and I don't know why I stopped. I guess the KZfaq Algorithm figured I should start again because here I am. Seriously this guy is even funnier than I remember, and it's all the same gags and some new ones with the same ol' spirit. I am so elated to watch this asthmatic attendant even more

We went to get 1 jack Russell and came home with 2 (my fault). One was a fantastic dog - housebroken in a week and spunky and cute (and we had a baby the next year, OMG). The other one, which my husband called my dog (yes, I had to have her) was never housebroken completely in 14 years, wouldn't walk on a leash (she screamed) and smelled. BUT, we loved those two crazy dogs even with shedding, the jack Russell zooms (way more intense than regular dogs) and they're incessant barking. So much that once both had passed, I couldn't even wait 6 months before I fell in love with a little fluffy Morkie who we had for 6 years. She was a much better dog with little shedding and she was housebroken as well as a little dog can be. All three deaths were devastating even though our lives are simpler, cleaner and we have more money in our pockets! BUT, we miss them every day. You just can't explain love, right?

Seeing how you interact with dogs gives me a completely different sense of your character, and I like it!

I love your videos. So comforting.

Your parents get me every time 😂..They're awesome

My (boyfriend’s) dog is so annoying, so needy and just won’t listen unless my boyfriend isn’t around. She never listens to him but he doesn’t try too hard anyway. I wouldn’t choose a dog but I’m stuck with one. I’m a cat person through and through

I love all my 3 dogs and 3 cats (and to a much lesser extent my chickens), but man they can be expensive! A lot of the time there is at least one that is sick or injured and I have to be giving them medicine. We are constantly running out of food even though we buy the big bags. There are so many dogs who need to be rescued, but I think we have reached our financial limits. And I am so tired of cleaning up the poop and pee and vomit and hair... but yeah, I love them! Haha

"Because everything's a joke to you!" "Hah! Good one." Pure gold. 🤣

This has to be the coziest channel on youtube!

I am very happy your parents got back together! They are great.

Having a dog is basically committing to having a toddler for the next 8-15 years. While I far prefer having a dog to having a kid, I do miss being able to just go do things without thinking about it or worrying about the welfare of another creature. Also I get tired of cleaning up hair and stepping on dog toys. But ultimately for me, when I don’t have a companion animal, my mental health degrades rapidly and I end up in a really bleak place. I have a hard time managing my personal cocktail of brain chemicals when I’m completely solo. So it’s a therapeutic thing for me as much as it’s a personal preference. And while I like cats, dogs just make me happier. So that’s the medicine I choose.

OMG, 🤣 Those Friedrich Nietzsche clips were so funny, best part. 🤓 Seriously lmao😂 -honestly, I couldn't stop laughing for 3mins. P.S. Craig does the best ad promos- interesting, not boring, goofy, not boring, amusing plugs about things I'm actually curious or interested in, best part - they're not cringey eye-roll ad promos, they are amusing and...yup, not boring😉. And for both of these reasons this video just reaffirmed why I love this channel and these videos and even the plugs. Thanks WeezyWaiter.

@7:18 Lol ^^' that joke got me, hahaha~

I so wish I was a dog person. It looks fun. Alas, I am fated to be a cat person.

I think that the internet did this... you go to someones home and everyone is on a device and they only text each other for communication. Families members don't hang out anymore. But dogs, you can't text a dog.. you have to interact with it. they remind us that connect with others in a profound way is apart of being human.

Love the thumbnail switch!

The obsession with dogs is out of hand. I grew up with them and like them just fine, but they should not be hanging out everywhere. People are bringing their (non service) dogs into grocery stores and restaurants and leaving them off-leash. I couldn't walk my dog on a leash anymore because dogs were running up to him and he felt he had to defend me. It was stressful for everyone. Turns out, not everyone is a fan.

Phew! Glad your parents worked out their difficulties. It was keeping me asleep a nights.

As someone on a second floor apartment, with a dog and a cat (and a snake and fish), I can say my dog has made me a much better person. I don’t have kids so he has become my child. My cat is somehow more clingy but I love her too. I get why some people don’t love animals. My dad absolutely never wants animals again. I don’t think I could live without them. It’s totally personal!

We found out that the Kauai animal shelter has a program where you can “adopt” a dog for a day at the beach. We took them up on their offer when we were on vacation & it was a great day for the whole family.

Having a dog and a cat in a little apartment with no backyard its very complicated, especially when you live in a place where there are a lot of dogs in the streets and the owners don't take care of them. My dog doesn't get along with other dogs so its kind of dangerous if I take her out to walk with a leash. I have to clean every day, I mop the floors a few times a day and I can't never leave food on the table because my dog will eat everything, even the cats poop. But since I have a dog and a cat I never feel alone in the house, I think that they can sense when you feel bad and they will try to comfort you, they do funny stuff and they warn me when there is someone outside so I think that having pets its the best thing you can do in your life.

Hello There is a good way to set your circadian rhythm; which is by getting sunlight (yes the actual sun, not a screen) first thing in the morning. I would love to see if this works and how much it works. I would love to see a video Love your videos :)

As a childless person, watching a father say that a dog is a lot of responsability and money, makes me chuckle ... a child requires much more ! Sounds to me that since you became a father , the dog became an inconvenience

love the little Ada moments

As someone that has spent most of my adult life with pet dogs and working with dogs professionally, I loved the realness of this video. I don’t think you have to be obsessed with your dog for them to be happy. Caring for them, meeting their needs, and providing a stable home environment is what dogs are looking for out of their human/canine bonds. They don’t need to be worn like babies or carted around in strollers to feel loved. I’d say they prefer the former over the latter, but they do love cheese!!! 🐾

I like how the thumbnail changed from the dastardly Chihuahua to a sweet faced pup 😂

Once I got my doodle, I will never get a dog that sheds again, my pit bull sheds something awful and its so nice to have furniture that isnt covered in hair, and hairs everywhere woven into my clothes, they say a spider is within 6 feet of you at all times or something like that well, shedding dogs you are in 6mm of hair at all times :/

so basically cats have all the benefits of having a dog and only 1 of their "flaws" (the poop picking once a day in a litter is nothing compare to dog's pick up so I don't count it). And some people still have the nerves of explaining why I am wrong for being a cat person ...

I am feeling very punct... punctuated?...punc rock?... punctual! It's punctual. I am so very on time.

I literally backed up 10 seconds to re-listen: you put a lil *ding!* in for that lil wink, didn’t you?

I love the Wisconsin-ness of your videos. Idk what that means exactly but I love seeing a fellow Wisconsinite on KZfaq. I love dogs the most though.

Amazing video. Seems like a boring topic done 10000 times but you always seem to make it interesting :) Your parent's skits KILL ME.

These videos are amazing!!!!

I absolutely love dogs, but I think you have to budget for one more vet visit a month than you think you need and I can't swing that rn. But so glad to see the family looking prosperous and great, Wheezy!

I’m a one dog at a time owner, and dogsit for family and friends in our home. We have the most dog-friendly rough collie who is totally low key and quiet. We also have 3 cats who are great with visiting dogs…by bossing them around 😹

1st second of the video: I'VE JUST MET BIRDIE AND I ALREADY LOVE HER

We have a dog that doesn't bark, barely sheds, doesn't stink and is not dangerous whatever you do (except for when you're a hare, then, hide). He's a greyhound :) He's much less work than a child too, which I like. We're actually getting a second dog next year because we'd like more of this awesomeness.

I adore my dog. But after she passes I dunno if I’ll have the heart to have another one. She’s an extremely friendly but quiet. I don’t really mind cleaning her poop, I’m always diligent to check in since it’s a good way to monitor their health. She’s small and tolerant to her biweekly baths. She’s such a good girl, I’m afraid I’ll end up comparing any future dogs to her. I love her to bits and I love making her happy.

I'm scared of dogs so I almost didn't click on this video, but I'm glad I did because I got to hear your parents have sorted out their issues. :) Lol. Their dog is actually lovely to look at, which is not something I normally say about any dog. (still would be scared to be in the same room as it, though)

It seems like Ada is starting to warm up to Birdie more lately. I keep thinking they are going to be great friends some day. I'm not so optimistic that she will ever be great friends with Roxy. Roxy wants it so badly but, I think that's part of the problem. She's too enthusiastic and Ada is not having it. I'll be happy if they can just be in the same room together at some point.

Rewatching this and I totally missed Neighbor Sam narrate for his dog. Literally one of my favorites things. This man is an aspiration.

Dogs are awesome. End of story.