A PET'S TEN COMMANDMENTS.........

[Dumblonde]

A PET'S TEN COMMANDMENTS.........   

1. My life is likely to last 10-15 years.  Any separation from you is likely to be painful.

2. Give me time to understand what you want of me.

3. Place your trust in me.  It is crucial for my well-being.

4. Don't be angry with me for long and don't lock me up as punishment.  You have your work, your friends, your entertainment, but I have only you.

5. Talk to me.  Even if I don't understand your words, I do understand your voice when speaking to me.

6. Be aware that however you treat me, I will never forget it.

7. Before you hit me, before you strike me, remember that I could hurt you, and yet, I choose not to bite you.

8. Before you scold me for being lazy or uncooperative, ask yourself if something might be bothering me.  Perhaps I'm not getting the right food, I have been in the sun too long, or my heart might be getting old or weak.

9. Please take care of me when I grow old.  You too, will grow old. 

10. On the ultimate difficult journey, go with me please.  Never say you can't bear to watch.  Don't make me face this alone.  Everything is easier for me if you are there, because I love you so.

Take a moment today to thank God for your pets.  Enjoy and take good care of them. Life would be a much duller, less joyful experience without God's critters

clo sent this to me doesn't it bring you a tear 

[Babyblues]

That was awesome!!!!! 

[fizzle]

   bring A tear? A?

i am bawling at my desk at work DB!!!  (i think i thought i was gonna read a funny!)

 

[Babyblues]

I know! Way to warn us! At least when I think fizzle might cry over something, I warn her to read it at home! 



It was soooooo touching, though!!!!!
 

[fizzle]

thats true... baby warns me to read it at home... :::::::::::::still fixing my make-up::::::::::  its a good thing i have my own office... 

i wish they gave out this Ten Commandments to everyone that every took home a animal... like it should be a requirement.

[Babyblues]

No kidding!!

[TheStilesClan]

Thats very sweet!!!

[FlowerCat]

That is awesome DB, although #10 is really hard for me. I can handle all the others, but when hubby and I put a cat down 4 years ago, I couldn't be there when they did it.  They took her into another room.    OK, enough of this, I need to go dry my eyes now.

[Lynn]

 

[Dumblonde]

I think #10 is an individual choice & there is no right or wrong.  When Petey's time comes if I have to be proactive in any way to help him go, I will be there with him.  I have never spent so much time with a pet as I have with Petey so I will have to go with him & it will be the hardest thing I ever do.  I really hope he goes on his own when his time comes & I hope that's a really really really long time away. 

Yeah it brought me more than a tear too    next time I will warn y'all...

[Babyblues]

 

[Yana]

Tears here too, but the thing is that my sister in law just brought us back (in Feb.) the first little male puppy that our Duncan and Amanda had in their first litter... She had 5 litters and 4 of those litters were 4 female and 1 male, and then her last litter was 4 males and 1 female. and that was right before Duncan got killed... Anyways I haven't really cared for him, I don't mean that I have been mean to him, or didn't feed or water him, there's just something about our personalities that don't mix, and man does this make me feel bad... I think I am going to  the little guy now... Sure he's 8 years old, but it's like our grandchildren and children they always are our little babies...

[Blackcat3]

So I am really late in finding this, but OMG 

I was the same and didnt go in when I had to take my first cat, Pumba away, I was bawling like a baby and just couldnt go in the room, although to be honest when I look back at it now I kind feel more sad that I didnt go in, I think the next time (I hate knowing there will be a next time) I will go in

[Dumblonde]

I didn't go in with my first dog, I just couldn't.  With Petey though I know if he does not pass on his own of old age & that dreaded day comes I will go in without a doubt.  He trusts me completely with his life, he is my life, & I will be there holding him when he goes.

[JoyceAnn]

Great post DB.

[Dumblonde]

I hate to think about it but Petey does turn 8 in March.  Since he is a mutt I have no idea what his life expectancy could be but I do know he still acts like a dang puppy all ziggin & zaggin everywhere & wanting to play 

[FlowerCat]

Treasure every moment of it.  My cat is 17 1/2 years old and we see signs of him really beginning to age.  I don't even want to think about the day we have to put him down.  I absolutely will not be able to be there when it happens, hubby and I were at the vet's when his sister was put down 4 years ago, and neither of us could watch that happen. 

Petey sounds like a wonderful companion; your stories about him are fabulous DB!