A Diminished Life?
“Once you have had a wonderful dog, a life without one, is a life diminished.”—Dean Koontz
Four years ago we lost Little Bit …
Four days ago we adopted Hattie…
I can already feel my heart healing…
She certainly doesn’t make life simpler…three walks a day rain, shine, snow, ice, or dark thirty…food, treats, toys, beds…figuring out how to get her to stop jumping on people…getting up earlier to get her walk in, cleaning up after getting dirty at the dog park, and cleaning up all the dog hair…
She does make my life feel more complete…smiles…laughs…someone to talk to…getting to pet her and take care of her…it fills a need in my soul that I can’t explain…
Today I was taking Hattie to a fenced in baseball diamond so that I could see how she does off a leash, and play fetch for awhile to give her some exercise…
When I pulled into the park I was surprised to see an actual dog park…a woman was there who let me in (I have to get a pass card from the city) and then three other woman came with five other dogs…it was nice to talk with the women while watching the dogs run and run and run and play and run!
Hattie was like a jack rabbit or a gazelle how fast she was running, the bigger dogs couldn’t keep up…
They meet everyday around 4:30 which is near the time I get off work…I’m so excited to have fallen into this! They said that before they started meeting at the same time everyday they would never see another dog at the park…
In what ways does your pet make your life complete?
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