IN DOG YEARS

[critters]

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> IN DOG YEARS
> Get a puppy whose age is from two months to three,
> They're so cute and so cuddly, you won't care where they pee!
> So what if the sofa gets tattered and torn?
> You've needed a new one since your toddler was born.
>
> If you're forced to, you might take a dog that is older -
> Six months to a year, but not a day over.
> You want to make sure that he'll live way past ten
> So you won't have to say good-bye until then.
>
> Take a look in the mirror - are you still young and flirty?
> Suppose retirement became mandatory at thirty!
> You know Six, in Dog Years, is just Forty-Two.
> Will your life then be over, will your career be through?
>
> What if no one would hire you, what if no one would dare
> say yes to a date - would that really be fair?
> Sure - you've got baggage, you've seen your share of trouble.
> Does that make you worth less, or maybe worth double?
>
> Take a look at the others, the ones past their youth,
> who've learned about love, about loss, about truth.
> Look in their eyes, see the longing reflected
> from hearts that wait patiently to be accepted.
>
> --
> Marie Devaney

[hollypetsit]

I love that! People always wonder why I would want an older pet and not a puppy and I tell them because they know and have seen so much more!

[critters]

My sister needed to get an old pupper, but she got a puppy mill puppy. That Wild Child turned 1 Friday and is only now learning a few manners.