Tuesday, May 03, 2005
When you brought me home i was full of hope..*someone to love me at last*...
you showered me with attention and brought me everywhere to show me off...
So many people told you I may have respiratory problem and it should be corrected
but you insist it's normal for me.
Did you know I find it hard to breathe?
Did you know i struggle to keep up?
Did you know that when the weather becomes hotter, it's agnonising for me to even breathe?Did u even care?
You did not even have time for me, but one day you brought home a sister for me. I
was delighted at first at having company but joy turned to dismay when you confined us to a tiny space for almost 15 hours a day.
Did you know how hard it is for us to manouvere?
Did you know how hard it is for us to even lie down comfortably?
Did you even care?
You go away for long business trips for weeks on end, and leave us ,
separately, in the care of alot of foster parents who take care of us better than you do. Sometimes I wish you do not come back at all.
When you could find no one to take us in, you keep us confined in our prison for almost 24 hours,
only having someone to come and bring us out for 30 mins walks and a meal before returning us to our prison.
Did you know how hard it is to hold our bladders all day?
Did you know we had to lie in our own wastes sometimes?
Did you know we run out of water sometimes?
DId you know we need much more exercise?
Did you know we need more love and attention?
Did you even care?
Sometimes our foster parents come to stay and take care of us.
Those were the happiest times of our lives.
They loved us, brought us out for long long runs, brought us treats, played with us and gave us so much freedom.
Then you fell out with them and deprived us of that as well.
Back to the prison we go.
Did you know how much we love our foster parents?
Did you know they care for us so much more?
Did you know they love us so much more?
Did you know you took away one thing we could look forward to?
Did you even care?
One day you brought home another new member.
My sister and I were happy to welome her and we hope maybe now there are 3 of us,
you would spend more time with us but how wrong we were.
You go away even more, and left all three of us in the tiny space which wasn't even enough for me and my sister.
When our new member got very sick,
you did not have time to bring her to the vet,
and I got sick too.
Did you know we could have recovered faster if you brought us to the vet?
Did you know how bad we were feeling?
Did you even care?
One day, our foster parents decided to bring us out.
We were so happy and looking forward to it.
They came, they felt us all over and they took us with them.
Our hearts were bursting with excitement.
I heard the concern in their voices as they felt my ribs,
and tried to pet us.
But we are scared, we are not used to so much attention anymore,
we are not used to being loved so much anymore...
Did you know how we felt?
Did you know we are withdrawing into ourselves?
Did you even care?
Now as I run among the flowers and grass in doggy heaven, I have never felt more free.
I don't have to hold my bladder anymore,
I could claim every tree for myself!
I wish I could bring my sister here!
I wish I could let my foster parents know that at last I am free and happy!
The last words of my foster parents resonates in my mind....
Please wake up....
but if you can't...
i know you will be happier.....
I was loved more by people who did not even bring me home and look at me everyday.
DID YOU EVEN CARE?
A passage to all those pet owners out there..how our darling may feel..treasure them when u can..and dun make them go thru what this beloved dog did..
beautifully written by Margie..
11:36 AM*
