Just a Dog - particularly for Sunshinesbrightly

[Vallhala]

SSB, you may have read this before but if not I thought you might like it, as might other dog-lovers on here:

Just A Dog

From time to time, people tell me, ?lighten up, it?s just a dog,? or ?that?s a lot of money for just a dog.? They don?t understand the distance traveled, the time spent, or the costs involved for ?just a dog.?

Some of my proudest moments have come about with ?just a dog.? Many hours have passed and my only company was ?just a dog?, but I did not once, feel slighted.

Some of my saddest moments have been brought about by ?just a dog?, and in those days of darkness, the gentle touch of ?just a dog? gave me comfort and reason to overcome the day.

If you, too, think it?s ?just a dog? then you will probably understand phases like ?just a friend?, ?just a sunrise?, or ?just a promise.?

?Just a dog? brings into my life the very essence of friendship, trust, and pure unbridled joy. ?Just a dog? brings out the compassion and patience that make me a better person.

Because of ?just a dog? I will rise early, take long walks and look longingly to the future. So for me and folks like me, it?s not ?just a dog? but an embodiment of all the hopes and dreams of the future, the fond memories of the past, and the pure joy of the moment. ?Just a dog? brings out what?s good in me and diverts my thoughts away from myself and the worries of the day.

I hope that someday they can understand that it?s not ?just a dog? but the thing that gives me humanity and keeps me from being ?just a man?.

So the next time you hear the phrase ?just a dog? just smile, because they ?just don?t understand?.

Anon

[thesunshinesbrightly]

ooooo my very own thread, ive never had one of these before thank you.

[thesunshinesbrightly]

just read it, i love it, it is so right

[HeSaysSheSays]

Vallhala, do you mind if I CAT you? I have a question that I think yu may be abel to help me with! (Well I am hoping you will anyway!)

Love the words, quite true, you either get it or you don't when it comes to the relationship with dogs and people.

[shockers]

My "just a dog" is snoring gently whilst I warm my bare feet on his furry back...

[nooka]

Oh, that makes me even more dogsick! I've been waiting and waiting for the right pup to come up in our local rescue centre - I wish I was still in the UK, then you could pick one for us

[BellaBonJovi]

How very true.

They ask for so little and give us so much