"Sick As A Dog"

MB (my Person and Keyboarder for this blog) told me she is "sick as a dog" today.

Why should dogs be the epitome of sickness? Why not say, "sick as a cat" or "sick as a bird"? Have you seen a sick bird? Its feathers look all nasty and clumpy; nothing could be more pathetically sick looking.

As a dog myself, I'd like to stop the linking of sickness with dogness. Let's start using a different expression, People!

I myself will start saying "sick as a bird."

- Touille, a small dog who has occasionally been "sick as a bird"