I AM YOUR DOG

“I am your dog and have something I would love to whisper in your ear.”

I know that you humans lead busy lives. Some have to work, some have children to raise, some have to do this alone. It always seems like you are running here and there, often much too fast, often never noticing the truly grand things in life.

Look down at me now. See the way my dark brown eyes look at yours.

You smile at me. I see love in your eyes. What do you see in mine? Do you see a spirit? A soul inside, who loves you as no other could in the world? A spirit that would forgive all trespasses of prior wrongdoing for just a simple moment of your time?

That is all I ask. To slow down, if even for a few minutes, and be with me.

So many times, you have been saddened by others of my kind, passing on. Sometimes we die young and oh so quickly, so suddenly it wrenches your heart out of your throat. Sometimes, we age so slowly before your eyes that you may not even seem to know until the very end, when we look at you with grizzled muzzles and cataract-clouded eyes. Still the love is always there, even when we must take that last long sleep dreaming of running free in a distant, open land.

I may not be here tomorrow. I may not be here next week. Someday you will shed the water from your eyes, that humans have when grief fills their souls, and you will mourn the loss of just ‘one more day’ with me. Because I love you so, this future sorrow even now touches my spirit and grieves me. I read you in so many ways that you cannot even start to contemplate.

We have now together. So come and sit next to me here on the floor and look deep into my eyes. Do you see how if you look deeply at me we can talk, you and I, heart to heart. Come not to me as my owner but as a living soul. Stroke my fur and let us look deep into the other’s eyes and talk with our hearts.

I may tell you something about the fun of working the scents in the woods where you and I go. Or I may tell you something profound about myself or how we dogs see life in general. I know you decided to have me in your life because you wanted a soul to share things with. I know how much you have cared for me and always stood up for me even when others have been against me. I know how hard you have worked to help me to be the teacher that I was born to be. That gift from you has been very precious to me. I know too that you have been through troubled times and I have been there to guard you, to protect you, to be there for you always.

I am very different to you but here I am. I am a dog but just as alive as you.

I feel emotion. I feel physical senses. I can revel in the differences of our spirits and souls. I do not think of you as a dog on two feet; I know what you are. You are human, in all of your quirkiness, and I love you still.

So come sit with me on the floor. Enter my world and let time slow down if only for a few minutes. Look deep into my eyes and whisper in my ears. Speak with your heart and I will know your true self.

We may not have tomorrow but we do have now.

Love,

Your Dog”

-Written by Paul Handover

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Comments (10)

  1. what a lovely letter

    August 7, 2015 Reply
  2. Loved that and how true!

    August 16, 2015 Reply
  3. It makes me cry and hold my dog too much

    August 16, 2015 Reply
  4. truth

    August 16, 2015 Reply
  5. I love my Chihuahua and my 2 cat’s with all my heart and soul everything i do is to make their lives better… This is very beautiful

    August 16, 2015 Reply
  6. I have spent many hours with all my pets as they have all been rescues and as they have all lived very long lives except the ones with terrible health issues that I rescued I have known much love and have made their lives as special as I could have and have felt their unconditional love and a rescue shows such appreciation for being rescued you can feel it.

    August 16, 2015 Reply
  7. made me cry, so true

    August 16, 2015 Reply
  8. This is one of the most Beautiful letter postings I have read and oh so True. Always remember your Dogs do Love and Feel Emotion.

    August 16, 2015 Reply
  9. Absolutely right I love my dog he’s a brindle boxer and he’s my baby he’s 12

    August 16, 2015 Reply
  10. Absolutely beautiful story!
    I have 2 dogs – both rescues,- & they are both loved beyond belief!
    I am so happy to learn that I am not the only person that looks deep into my dogs eyes & truly believe they are looking back into mine
    & understand everything I am saying to them.
    It really warms my heart to feel the love that they give so unconditionally.
    They love us no matter what, We do not have to be dressed any certain way, ( or at all ) or have our hair all fixed up, or anything special,
    they love us & do not ask for any more than to be with us, be fed, & be protected from the elements or others that may want to cause
    them harm.
    How anyone could ever be Abusive or Neglectful to any animal is beyond me!!!

    July 4, 2016 Reply

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