The Life of My Dog

QUESTIONS DOGS ASK GOD:
Dear God:
If a dog barks his head off in the forest and no human hears him, is he still a bad dog?
Dear God:
When we get to Heaven, can we sit on your couch? Or is it the same old story?
Dear God:
How come people love to smell flowers, but seldom, if ever, smell [...]

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To a Dog (Anonymous, ca. 1916)
On every side I see your trace;
Your water trough’s scarce dry;
Your empty collar in its place
Provokes the heavy sigh.
And you were here two days ago.
There’s little changed, I see.
The sun is just as bright, but oh!
The difference to me!
The very print of your small pad
Is on the whitened stone.
Where, by [...]

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Two timeless and poignant epitaphs marking the loss of two well-loved dogs:
 1. EPITAPH FOR A SMALL DOG (Le Baron Cooke, ca. 1935)
Here rests a little dog/ Whose feet never ran faster/ Than when they took the path/ Leading to his master.
2. TO BOTSWAIN (George Noel Gordon, Lord Byron, 1808)
Near this spot/ Are deposited the Remains of one who possessed [...]

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Here are a few of my favorite quotes about dogs.
- “Scratch a dog and you’ll find a permanent job.” (Franklin P. Jones)  - “My little dog: a heartbeat at my feet.” (Edith Wharton)  - “Histories are more full of the fidelity of dogs than of friends.” (Alexander Pope)  - “No one appreciates the very [...]

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