"Why Am I Thankful for my Dog"
contest...
Congratulations Joannie and Maggie!
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| This is the Runner up - second place winner in the "Why Am I Thankful for my Dog" contest... Congratulations Joannie and Maggie! |
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| When my last best friend passed away in 1998, after twelve and a half years, I never thought I could find another best friend like her, after two weeks of heart break I went to a several local shelters in my area, I looked at dozens of dogs and puppies, till I came across this little pup sitting in a cage all by herself, their were several people in front of her cage calling her and tapping on the bars and she just sat there and wouldn't come to the front of the cage, as the people walked away from her cage I walked over and she looked at me with the most beautiful brown eyes you could ever imagine, I said to her, Hi puppy, you want to come home with me, no sooner then I said that she stood up and walked to the door of the cage and I knew she was special just by the way she listened to my voice, I took her out of her cage and she sat in my arms like she knew me forever, that was Dec. 13th, 1998. So I adopted her and took her home, and I was so happy with her, she was as smart as can be, paper trained in a few hours, couldn't care in the least that she had two cats as roommates, she was the sweetest puppy in the world. Then it hit like a brick, on her third day with me she became very ill, I rushed her to my vet only to find out she had parvo virus, I thought my world was ending, in just three days we had bonded like we were together a life time, the vet said she had a 50/50 chance of making it, she's a young pup and it was a very serious virus, well for the next five days I must have drove the vet nuts, and called every hour on the hour, I prayed and prayed and cried and cried, I prayed if Maggie makes it through this I will never leave her side, and I truly believe God hears our prays, on the six day the vet called me to let me know she started eating on her and was doing much better he said he never saw a puppy turn around from parvo so fast, and on that Christmas eve of 1998 she came home and since then we are together morning, noon and night. I don't go anywhere without her, I�m disabled and she has been there for me through thick and thin, she picks things up for me, when my back is so bad that I can't even bend over and she was never even trained to do so, is like she knows when mommy is hurting and she just helps out, I couldn't be more thankful for anything on this earth as I am for having her in my life. They say animals sense things people can not, well I truly believe it now, My mom passed away about a year ago and it was twelve nights of hell in the hospital, taking shifts around the clock with my sister and brothers, and for the first four days I would not leave the hospital cause my mom was on life support, and I feared she would pass and I wouldn't be there, well after a few days we all have to take a break and come home and shower, and the first time I left the hospital in days, it was about 7:30 am in the morning Maggie woke me up howling and crying like she had never done before, I could not calm her down for the next five minutes she howled and cried, then she looked at me with this strange look on her face, and I knew I had to call the hospital right then, when I called my sister picked up the phone only to tell me , mom is in cardiac arrest and the doctors were working on her now to try and save her, but just as I picked up the phone to call the hospital, Maggie stopped howling and crying as if she knew if was my mom's time to go, and she wanted me awake and on the phone with my sister, cause she knew how much I wanted to be there, when the time came. I will always be thankful to her for that moment in time. Maggie has been my best friend for four years now, she brings me so much joy and happiness, everyone in the neighborhood knows Maggie cause she's always with me no matter where I go, she even rides on my disability scooter with me, my sister and I laugh, were twins and when she out shopping people will say to her where is the little dog, she tells me Maggie knows more people then I do. Its funny how when I�m not feeling good and just lying in bed, she will come in to the bedroom with her Santa doll and toys and just put on a show for me to cheer me up, I don't need a TV she can keep me laughing for hours, she loves to play and be in the spot light, I tell her mommy needs a huggy and she climbs right in my lap for a hug, I just can't imagine what it would be like if I didn't have Maggie around she�s worth more to me then all the money in the world, and dogs are truly mans best friends, I know the bond I have with Maggie will be forever! | |||||||||
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