A Dog Sits Waiting |
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A dog sits waiting
He's been there for days now He can't understand why you |
He's sure you'll come back His legs have grown weak,
He lays down his head |
Kathy Flood |
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Whoever said love doesn't last never owned a dog.
"Dogs aren't born knowing what or what not to do; they only learn like children."
-- Barbara Woodhouse
In memory of 'Chester'
Please be a responsible pet owner.
More than 150,000 unwanted, abused, sick, injured and stray dogs and cats end up in shelters and animal-control agencies in our state annually. Fewer than 50 percent are placed with new families. Many of these companion animals suffer from health or temperament/behavioral problems which render them “un-adoptable.” Thousands more pets are humanely euthanized simply because the shelters run out of space as they wait for adoption. Countless other dogs and cats roam the streets of our communities as strays – and most strays suffer and die needlessly from hunger, dehydration, exposure and disease or as the result of an accident, injury or abuse. No one is certain how many “stray” dogs and cats live in Arizona, but the number is surely in the tens of thousands.
Make a lifetime commitment to your dog or cat – that means keeping him or her for the duration of his or her natural life. Pets rely on their human companions for long and happy lives.
So in this world of the simple and odd,
the bent and the pain,
the unbalanced body,
the imperfect people and differently pawed,
some live without love...
THAT'S how they're flawed.
WHAT YOU CAN DO
1. Boycott pet stores that buy and sell companion animals. Without pet store sales, mass pet producers would be squeezed out of business.
2. Meet and fall in love with your own rescue dog at your local Shelter.
