When you bring that little puppy home you fall in love. You make it through the first maybe sleepless nights, the first weeks of less-than-perfect potty training, the following weeks of instruction. Sit. Stay. Come.
The years follow and you take your four-footed Love for walks, you cuddle, you serve basically the same meal day after day, you provide the occasional treat.
You leave the house….perhaps for ten minutes, maybe for six hours…..no matter…..there is your dog, long or short tail wagging, SO happy to hear you open the door and say “I’m home!”
You love every human member of your family….and many of your close friends. But for me, and my family, there is just something about a dog’s adoration that just can’t be replaced.
My daughter texted me yesterday…..she and her husband and sons had made the impossibly sad decision that they would be taking their 14 year old beloved yellow lab to the vet today…..for the last time. We couldn’t share a phone conversation because we were both just crying.
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