Learn from a dog

* 1. Never pass up the opportunity to go for a joy ride.
* 2. Allow the experience of fresh air and the wind in your face to be pure ecstasy.
* 3. When loved ones come home, always run to greet them.
* 4. When it’s in your best interest, practice obedience.
* 5. Let others know when they’ve invaded your territory.
* 6. Take naps and stretch before rising.
* 7. Run, romp, and play daily.
* 8. Eat with gusto and enthusiasm.
* 9. Be loyal.
* 10. If what you want lies burried, dig until you find it.
* 11. When someone is having a bad day, be silent. Sit close by and nuzzle them gently.
* 12. Thrive on attention and let people touch you.
* 13. Avoid biting when a simple growl will do.
* 14. When you’re happy, dance around and wag your entire body.
* 15. No matter how often you’re scolded, don’t buy into the guilt thing and pout…. run right back and make friends
* 16. Delight in the simple joys of a long walk.

puppy loss

When God calls little puppies to dwell with Him above,
We humans always question the wisdom of His love.
For no heartache can compare with the loss of one small ‘child’,
Who does so much to make this world seem wonderful and mild.

Perhaps God tires – always calling the aged to His fold,
And so He picks a rosebud before it can grow old.
God knows how much we need them and so He picks but few;
To make the land of heaven more beautiful to view.
Believing this is difficult, yet somehow we must try,
For the saddest word that mankind knows will always be “good-bye”.

And so when little pups depart;
We, who are left behind, must realize how much God loves puppies….
For angels are hard to find.

I miss you.

They say memories are golden
Well, maybe that is true.
I never wanted memories,
I only wanted you.

A million times I will miss you,
a million tears I will cry.
If love alone could have saved you,
you never would have died.

In life I loved you dearly,
In death I love you still.
In my heart you hold a place
no other pup could ever fill.

It broke my heart to lose you,
but you did not go alone.
For part of me went with you
the day God called you home.

Your precious memory is my keepsake,
with which I’ll never part.
God has you safe in His keeping
But I’ll have you forever in my heart.

If tears could build a stairway
And heartache make a lane,
I’d walk the path to heaven
and bring you back again.

Our family chain is broken
and nothing seems the same.
But as God calls us one by one
The chain will link again.