Tuesday, January 1, 2013

Happy New Year from the Talking Dogs


All of us at Talking Dogs and For Love of a Dog 
wish you a very happy new year.  

Though I really don't believe in new year's resolutions, I have made a promise to myself to:  work less; play with my dogs more.

In that spirit I offer you the following...

I AM YOUR DOG - Author Unknown

I am your dog, and I have a little something I would like to whisper in your ear.
I know that you humans lead busy lives. Some have to work. Some have children to raise. It always seems like you are running here and there, often much too fast, often never noticing the truly grand things in life.

Look down at me now, while you sit there at your computer. See, the way my dark brown eyes look at yours. They are slightly cloudy now. That comes with age. The gray hairs are beginning to ring my soft muzzle.

You smile at me; I see love in your eyes. What do you see in mine? Do you see a spirit? A soul inside, who loves you as no other in the world could? A spirit that would forgive all trespasses of prior wrongdoing for just a simple moment of your time?

That is all I ask. To slow down, if even for a few minutes to be with me.
So many times, you have been saddened by the words you read on that screen, of others of my kind, passing. Sometimes we die young and oh so quickly, sometimes so suddenly it wrenches your heart out of your throat. Sometimes, we age so slowly before your eyes that you may not even seem to know until the very end, when we look at you with grizzled muzzles and cataract clouded eyes. Still the love is always there, even when we must take that long sleep, to run free in a distant land.

I may not be here next week. Someday you will shed the water from your eyes, that humans have when deep grief fills their souls, and you will be angry at yourself that you did not have just "One more day" with me. Because I love you so, your sorrow touches my spirit and grieves me. We have NOW, together.

So come, sit down here next to me on the floor, and look deep into my eyes. What do you see? If you look hard and deep enough we will talk, you and I, heart to heart. Come to me not as "alpha" or as "trainer" or even "Mom or Dad," come to me as a living soul and stroke my fur and let us look deep into one another's eyes, and talk.

I may tell you something about the fun of chasing a tennis ball, or I may tell you something profound about myself or even life in general. You decided to have me in your life because you wanted a soul to share such things with.
Someone very different from you, and here I am.

I am a dog, but I am alive. I feel emotion, I feel physical senses, and I can revel in the differences of our spirits and souls. I do not think of you as a "Dog on two feet"- I know what you are. You are human, in all of your quirkiness, and I love you still.

Now, come sit with me on the floor. Enter my world, and let time slow down if only for 15 minutes. Look deep into my eyes, and whisper to my ears. Speak with your heart, with your joy, and I will know your true self.

We may not have tomorrow, and life is oh so very short.

--Love, (on behalf of canines everywhere)
Author Unknown

10 comments:

  1. Woof! Woof! Happy 2013! Lots of Golden Woofs, Sugar

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  2. The text is so wise, it must have been a dog that wrote it!
    Have a Happy New Year!

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  3. Part way through I had to stop and get Gizmo up in my lap for some gentle brushing...And we did look into each others eyes...I could see the pleasure he received from the soft stroking and he rewarded me with his tiny little tongue kisses on my cheek...and yes there were tears in my eyes as I finished reading this wonderful piece...Thank you for sharing

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  4. Happy New Year! Eat more cookies!

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  5. that was incredible! Thank you for sharing! HAPPY NEW YEAR MY FURIENDS!!

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  6. What a wonderful reminder to live in the moment and enjoy and lick of a dog or the soft love that doggies give.

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  7. Hope you have a wonderful year! :)

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  8. I just gave Sage a big hug after reading that. Thanks for sharing and Happy New Year!

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  9. I love this and passed it on. Thank you! and Happy New Year!

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