DON'T QUIT AND DON'T FORGET,
I WAS THERE!
When things go wrong, as they sometimes will.
Smile
When funds were low, I did not care.
So,
When the road you walk seems all up hill.
When the funds are low and the debt is high,
and all you want to do is cry.
Don't Quit and Don't Forget, I was there.
When things went wrong, as
the road you walked, went all up hill.
I did not quit,
as
I did pulled you up that hill.
A car ride or walk, you did share.
A smile I saw all the time,
as you patted me on the belly,
or rubbed my behind.
Don't Quit
and
Don't Forget
the time we shared,
when things seem worse,
remember that,
I was there!
I knew he was the right one the minute I saw him almost 15 years ago. He was under two or three of his siblings. Like a rock, he was. They had all cuddled up to him. I thought of calling him Rock but that didn't seem fitting. He was so obviously dignified even as a young pup. He had class and pazazz when he walked. That unmistakable walk of a happy and confident dog. He spent his life making other people, especially me, smile and feel better. He helped numerous other dogs learn how to grow up and he let them play with him and chew on his beard. He loved many and many loved him. He would have rather been an only dog all his life but co-habituated with other dogs in a friendly and considerate manner. He was an example for us all.
Although he wanted all the food, he waited his turn. He always had the right thing to say at the right time to make me feel better and just looking at him has lifted my spirits each day for the past almost 15 years. He had a job as a therapist and he did it well. His life had purpose. So many people loved him. He had style and grace with each move he made in his youth. He lived with leashes, fences, a slow moving mother and never enough m & m's. He is free now with all the food he wants and where there is no pain. He can see again and hears the birds sing. I knew him as a young pup and as a very old man and loved him deeply every minute of his life.
He was a complainy and bossy guy and I would never have changed a hair on him. Well, maybe those daring escapes where I thought he was going to get hit buy cars and he never paid attention------------. Oh, he deserved some excitement even if it was only to see me run. He must have laughed at me alot. Dudley left this world today in a very gentle and easy way in Gulfport, Florida. I'm sure his spirit will be happy for us all to take a moment and let him know he will be missed and that forever there will be a hole in this universe where his life force should be. If any of you could light a candle for him tonight, I would appreciate it as a memorial. I hope that there will be many lights for him to see tonight.
I know that he deserves nothing but the best place in dog heaven and I will spend the rest of my life waiting to be with him again.
Love to you all. Paulette
