This thread is going to the dogs...

[Shankara20]

The chaise part of the couch is HIS!

As is only correct...

 

[Shankara20]

how to deal with winter...

 

[gracie920101]

Bundle up folks!

 

[Acktion]

 

[cascadiabound]

this would totally happen in my house.
complete with goofy happy husky

 

[cascadiabound]

If you have lost a beloved dog today - please know that I am sending my deepest condolences. It is a very very hard loss.

 

[Acktion]

Rudyard Kipling ~ The Power of a Dog

There is sorrow enough in the natural way
From men and women to fill our day;
And when we are certain of sorrow in store,
Why do we always arrange for more?
Brothers and Sisters, I bid you beware
Of giving your heart to a dog to tear.

Buy a pup and your money will buy
Love unflinching that cannot lie—
Perfect passion and worship fed
By a kick in the ribs or a pat on the head.
Nevertheless it is hardly fair
To risk your heart for a dog to tear.

When the fourteen years which Nature permits
Are closing in asthma, or tumour, or fits,
And the vet’s unspoken prescription runs
To lethal chambers or loaded guns,
Then you will find—it’s your own affair—
But… you’ve given your heart to a dog to tear.

When the body that lived at your single will,
With its whimper of welcome, is stilled (how still!).
When the spirit that answered your every mood
Is gone—wherever it goes—for good,
You will discover how much you care,
And will give your heart to a dog to tear.

We’ve sorrow enough in the natural way,
When it comes to burying Christian clay.
Our loves are not given, but only lent,
At compound interest of cent per cent.
Though it is not always the case, I believe,
That the longer we’ve kept ’em, the more do we grieve:
For, when debts are payable, right or wrong,
A short-time loan is as bad as a long—
So why in—Heaven (before we are there)
Should we give our hearts to a dog to tear?

 

[Shankara20]

 

[Shankara20]

....

Should we give our hearts to a dog to tear?

Yes, Yes, Yes!

 

[gracie920101]

Acktion, I'm sorry you're missing your old buddy.

 

[Shankara20]

 

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[gracie920101]

 

[Shankara20]

 

[Saintdragonslayer]

 

[Acktion]

"You humans have the potential to be the most wonderful beings there are - if you can get past all those enormous stupid spots you seem to have in your hearts. It's not your fault. You just don't know how to work your hearts right yet. That's why there are dogs. I think it's nice to know your purpose." ~ Mouse Dresden (Brief Cases, "Zoo Day")

So very true. These five and a half months are the longest of my life without a dog in it. As flawed as I am, I shudder to think what I would have been without Bruno Bulldog, Sugar, Rowdy, Honey, Trigger, Precious, Lil Bit, and Daisy Mae to make me a little less "heart stupid" along the way. Any remaining flaws are my own and not in any way the fault of those very good dogs.

 

[Shankara20]

 

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[Trubbycat]

 

[cascadiabound]

Six shades of grey...