'Jon & Kate Plus 8' Gosselins bring home two new German Shepherd puppies
File this under: What the heck were they thinking?
The Gosselins, who star in the TLC reality series, "Jon & Kate Plus 8," already have their hands full with their eight small children: twin eight year-old daughters and their six four-year old brothers and sisters.
So why in the world would they decide to get two puppies to add to their chaotic household?
That is not fully explained in the half hour episode that aired earlier this evening on TLC at 9 p.m. EST.
"Our kids wanted a pet. They've always wanted a pet. They begged for a puppy. We moved here, we have the land. I thought it made sense," explains Kate. "Somewhere along the line, one puppy became two puppies, which I'm not quite sure how that happened."
"That means double the poop. Oops, we forgot about that," adds Jon.
When Kate announces to her brood that, "For Christmas...we're getting not one, but two, puppies," the kids start screaming deliriously.
Kate has enormous reservations about getting the puppies--"all the mess, all the poop, all the pee, the added expense, the hair, the slime"--and has never had a dog and doesn't know how to take care of one.
Her husband Jon says, "I didn't know anything about dogs."
"We were so stinking scared of bringing them home," Kate says. "We were more scared to get dogs than we were to have kids."
Which again begs the question, why did they decide to add two highly needy, untrained, un-housebroken puppies to the mix?
In any event, cameras follow the Gosselins to a breeder's facility. (The breeder's name is Jeff. He met Kate at a function where the Gosselins spoke and he began telling Kate what a great family dog the German Shepherd was, and the intelligence of the breed.)
The family picks out a male and female puppy. Kate names the puppies: Shooka for the boy, and Nala for the girl. The Gosselins are ill-prepared to take the puppies home with them that day, but they do. On the long drive home, they stop at a pet store to load up on supplies.
Once at home, Shooka and Nala do what puppies do: they pee on the carpet. At this point, Kate has what can only be described as a freak out session. "No, no, no, no! " she screams, running after the puppies and scrambling to clean up the mess with paper towels.
It's baffling why Kate, famous for her list-making and organizational skills, agreed to get the puppies in the first place.
"I did eight potty trainings," she says. "I don't want to do potty training with fur."
To see pictures of the puppies, go to the TLC website.
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Why not just start with a trained/house broken dog from the Pound? Not only are these dogs very high maintenance they are HUGE at full grown. Man this family will do anything to boost their ratings I guess you can add exploit animals to that list now too.
I was also asking "What were they thinking?!" I only have two kids, 4 and 2, and I KNOW there's no way at this point that I would want to take on a four-legged child who would need lots of attention and time. I understand the kids' desires to have a pet, but get a cat...they're so much LESS work!
Why not get a dog from the pound? That's an easy answer. She couldn't promote their good deed of having their check go towards pediatric cancer. Don't get me wrong, I give to the American Cancer Association but I don't brag about it. Plus J&K are never home so it's just another thing for the nannies to do.
Dogs from the pound are not good enough for the Queen of Mean!
I bet they hire doggie nannies, oh never mind...there's always Jon boy! Add another task.
JOOOOOOOONNNNNNNNNNN
the dogs peed on the carpet
JOOOOOOOONNNNNNNNNNN
the dogs pooed on the carpet
No wonder he's been hanging at the bars! You go Jon...You go far far away and take the kids with you! Kate won't notice!
They weren't thinking, they were just following the script. The little dollar signs were placed in perfect position for the Queen B to make her announcement. I don't give the puppies very long at the Konpound. I hope the hired help gets a raise.
Sheperds? They are brilliant dogs, they will see right through Kate and her crap.
It's sad when the dogs are smarter than their owners.
J&K are worried about dog pooh, that's funny, these two are so full of $hit, I feel bad for whomever has to pump their septic tank.
I feel really bad for these dogs. I hope they find a good home someday.
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