If I didn’t have a Dog or a Cat

IF I DIDN’T HAVE A DOG OR CAT I could walk around the yard barefoot. My house could be carpeted instead of tiled and laminated. All flat surfaces, clothing, furniture, and cars would be free of hair. When the doorbell rings, it wouldn’t sound like a kennel. When the doorbell rings, I could get to the door without wading through fuzzy bodies who beat me there. I could sit on the couch and my bed the way I wanted, without taking into consideration how much space several fur bodies would need to get comfortable. I would have money, and no guilt to go on a real vacation. I would not be on a first-name basis with 6 veterinarians, as I put their yet unborn grand kids through college. The most used words in my vocabulary would not be: out, sit, down, come, no, stay, and leave it ALONE. My house would not be cordoned off into zones with baby gates or barriers. I would not talk ‘baby talk’. ‘Eat your din din’. ‘Yummy yummy for the tummy’… My house would not look like a day care center, toys everywhere. My pockets would not contain things like poop bags, treats and an extra leash. I would no longer have to spell the words B-A-L-L,, W-A-L-K,, T-R-E-A-T,, O-U-T,, G-O,, R-I-D-E,, C-O-O-K-I-E I would not have as many leaves INSIDE my house as outside. I would not look strangely at people who think having ONE dog/cat ties them down too much. I’d look forward to spring and the rainy season instead of dreading ‘mud’ season. I would not have to answer the question… ‘Why do you have so many animals?’ from people who will never have the joy in their lives of knowing they are loved unconditionally by someone as close to an ANGEL as they will ever get. How EMPTY, how about BORING, my life would be!!!

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Our best friends

Glen the Squirrel

Glen the Squirrel The Moral of This Story is the Best Part! Debby Cantlon, who plans to release Glen, the young squirrel, back into the wild, bottle-fed the infant squirrel after it was brought to her house. When Cantlon took in the tiny creature and began caring for him, she found herself with an unlikely nurse’s aide: her pregnant Papillion, Mademoiselle Giselle. Glen was resting in a nest in a cage just days before Giselle was due to deliver her puppies. Cantlon and her husband watched as the dog dragged the squirrel’s cage twice to her own bedside before she gave birth. Cantlon was concerned, yet ultimately decided to allow the squirrel out and the inter-species bonding began. image005 image004 image011 Glen rides a puppy mosh pit of sorts, burrowing in for warmth after feeding, eventually working his way beneath his new litter mates. Two days after giving birth, mama dog Giselle allowed Glen to nurse; family photos and a videotape show her encouraging him to suckle alongside her litter of five pups. Now, Glen mostly uses a bottle, but still snuggles with his ‘siblings’ in a mosh pit of puppies, rolling atop their bodies, and sinking in deeply for a nap. Glen and his new litter mates, five Papillion puppies, get along together as if they were meant to. Glen naps after feeding. Glen makes himself at home with his new litter mates, nuzzling nose-to-nose for a nap after feeding. Wouldn’t it be nice if we could all get along like Glen and the gang? MORAL OF THE STORY: Keep loving everyone, even the squirrel!

Every cat should own a dog…

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Man’s Best Friend

Wouldn’t it be great to be loved so unconditionally.. GOD loves us so HE gave us dogs!! They are always there for us too!! I STARTED TO WRITE SOMETHING REGARDING THESE WONDERFUL PICTURES AND WHAT THEY REPRESENT, BUT SUDDENLY REALIZED THAT THE PICTURES SPEAK MORE ELOQUENTLY THAN ANY WORDS THAT CAN BE EXPRESSED. U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Blake Soller and his military working dog Rico pay tribute to the National War Dog Cemetery on Naval Base Guam Oct. 27, 2006. Soller is a K 9 handler assigned to Naval Security Force Detachment Guam. DoD photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class John F. Looney, U.S. Navy. (Released) mansbest2 mansbest10 mansbest3 mansbest5 mansbest7 mansbest9 mansbest1 mansbest4 mansbest6 Dogs are the most loyal animals on earth mansbest11 mansbest14 mansbest13 mansbest12 Dogs were created to bring love, happiness. And companionship into people’s lives (and Are always there to help) mansbest22 mansbest15 mansbest19 mansbest21 mansbest18 mansbest20 mansbest17 mansbest23 mansbest16

Babysitting Competition

The winners of the baby sitting competition

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He is your friend, your partner, your defender, your pet.

You are his life, his love, his leader.

He will be yours, faithful and true, to the last beat of his heart.

You owe it to him to be worthy of such devotion.”

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Suggestions from the dogs on how to stay cool

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