For old dog lovers...

[milestogo]

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WHEN I AM OLD When I am old... I will wear soft gray sweatshirts... and a bandana over my silver hair... and I will spend my social security checks on my dogs. I will sit in my house on my well-worn chair and listen to my dogs breathing.

I will sneak out in the middle of a warm summer night and take my dogs for a run, if my old bones will allow... When people come to call, I will smile and nod as I show them my dogs... and talk of them and about them...

the ones so beloved of the past and the ones so beloved of today... I will still work hard cleaning after them, mopping and feeding them and whispering their names in a soft loving way. I will wear the gleaming sweat on my throat, like a jewel, and I will be an embarrassment to all... especially my family...

who have not yet found the peace in being free to have dogs as your best friends... These friends who always wait, at any hour, for your footfall... and eagerly jump to their feet out of a sound sleep, to greet you as if you are a God, with warm eyes full of adoring love and hope that you will always stay,

I'll hug their big strong necks... I'll kiss their dear sweet heads... and whisper in their very special company... I look in the mirror...

and see I am getting old... this is the kind of person I am... and have always been. Loving dogs is easy, they are part of me. Please accept me for who I am. My dogs appreciate my presence in their lives...

they love my presence in their lives... When I am old this will be important to me... you will understand when you are old, if you have dogs to love too. ❤️🐾

Author Unknown

[LakeArenal]

1. Dog is Love.

[rubbersole]

2. Onions. These damn onions...

[irisblue]

3. ninja onion cutters

[FoxNewsSucks]

4. All dogs are better than most people

and most dogs are better than all people.

[MLAA]

5. Beautiful

[llashram]

6. beautiful

[BarbD]

7. It's unconditional love -- no strings attached!

[MiHale]

8. I've always said that when I die...

and reincarnation is real…I want to come back as my dog. BUT…couple things don’t add up but it’s the sentiment.

[Mr.Bill]

15. I always said I would come back as

my wife's next dog. Then I realized I already am.

[Unwind Your Mind]

9. Conversely

For lovers of old dogs…

You may be slow, you may not hear or see as you used to. Your face may be silver after the glossy colors of your youth. But you are loved, and the knowledge that our time together is short makes us love you even more.

We laid 17 yo Remmi to his rest last week, he was a very good boy

[msdogi]

10. Just perfect

I'll read this to my girls and live by these standards for as long as I'm able

[paleotn]

11. No matter what kind of day you've had...

they're always happy to see you. Yay! Dad's home! Dad's home!

[MuseRider]

12. Tears.

I am sitting right next to my special rescue doggie, asleep on the couch and almost as big as I am. I am scarred for life by this poor fellow, his past life was a horror and every now and then out of the blue he bites my arm or hand or leg and hangs on while I wait and bleed. I have an arm with scars I will take into the earth with me, deep scars because of how someone or ones treated him before I got him, less than a year old. No I will not have him put down. No I will not send him away. I love him and he loves me and slowly we are getting his issues sorted out and I am hoping we are almost there. Our other rescue had the hardest life I have ever heard of. 7-10 years eating rocks, dog food only enough to keep him living tied to a tree no matter the weather. Neighbors who took him to only have the shelter in their small town give him back. Nope, they are mine and I love them. I treat them the way they should have always been treated. Their presence is my life. I am getting older, enough so that they might outlive me. My oldest son will be their savior. For all these reasons and for reasons I cannot even explain this just blew me away this morning.

[milestogo]

17. ...

[erronis]

19. That's incredibly moving also, MuseRider. Thank you for being there for these friends.

They've lived traumatic lives and you are helping them find some love and peace. Difficult tho it may be.

[apaetro]

13. Wonderful

For the dog lovers here, please also learn about Old Drum. https://www.olddrumleather.com/new-page-1
Learn the history first and then find some quietude and read the closing argument given by the attorney representing Old Drum's master. Have a Kleenex.

[milestogo]

18. Thank you.

And welcome to DU!

[gopiscrap]

22. welcome to DU

[relogic]

14. Purest of dog lovers' prose

Only those lucky people who understand the warmth to the soul that our loving companions give us without fail can truly appreciate that post. There has to be a reunion with them or sadly there may be no love that lasts beyond our cherished memories of them.

[markie]

16. I am not a dog lover....

although I understand... I understand the value and sweetness of unconditional love. Some find that in their animal friends.

This movie "DOG" is sweet... I found myself crying for some time....

[Evolve Dammit]

20. Very sweet tribute to our devoted and loving, furry family members

[LetMyPeopleVote]

21. K&R