and most dogs are better than all people.

and reincarnation is real…I want to come back as my dog. BUT…couple things don’t add up but it’s the sentiment.

my wife's next dog. Then I realized I already am.

For lovers of old dogs…

You may be slow, you may not hear or see as you used to. Your face may be silver after the glossy colors of your youth. But you are loved, and the knowledge that our time together is short makes us love you even more.

We laid 17 yo Remmi to his rest last week, he was a very good boy

I'll read this to my girls and live by these standards for as long as I'm able

they're always happy to see you. Yay! Dad's home! Dad's home!

I am sitting right next to my special rescue doggie, asleep on the couch and almost as big as I am. I am scarred for life by this poor fellow, his past life was a horror and every now and then out of the blue he bites my arm or hand or leg and hangs on while I wait and bleed. I have an arm with scars I will take into the earth with me, deep scars because of how someone or ones treated him before I got him, less than a year old. No I will not have him put down. No I will not send him away. I love him and he loves me and slowly we are getting his issues sorted out and I am hoping we are almost there. Our other rescue had the hardest life I have ever heard of. 7-10 years eating rocks, dog food only enough to keep him living tied to a tree no matter the weather. Neighbors who took him to only have the shelter in their small town give him back. Nope, they are mine and I love them. I treat them the way they should have always been treated. Their presence is my life. I am getting older, enough so that they might outlive me. My oldest son will be their savior. For all these reasons and for reasons I cannot even explain this just blew me away this morning.

They've lived traumatic lives and you are helping them find some love and peace. Difficult tho it may be.

For the dog lovers here, please also learn about Old Drum. https://www.olddrumleather.com/new-page-1
Learn the history first and then find some quietude and read the closing argument given by the attorney representing Old Drum's master. Have a Kleenex.

And welcome to DU!

Only those lucky people who understand the warmth to the soul that our loving companions give us without fail can truly appreciate that post. There has to be a reunion with them or sadly there may be no love that lasts beyond our cherished memories of them.

although I understand... I understand the value and sweetness of unconditional love. Some find that in their animal friends.

This movie "DOG" is sweet... I found myself crying for some time....