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Conference quark::human_relations-v1

Title:What's all this fuss about 'sax and violins'?
Notice:Archived V1 - Current conference is QUARK::HUMAN_RELATIONS
Moderator:ELESYS::JASNIEWSKI
Created:Fri May 09 1986
Last Modified:Wed Jun 26 1996
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:1327
Total number of notes:28298

1005.0. "MAN'S BEST FRIEND" by PCOJCT::COHEN (In search of something wonderful) Tue May 15 1990 15:37

    I recently found this article in the NY Daily News, and thought I'd
    pass it along...Moderators, if there is a topic about this subject
    already, please feel free to move it....I tried to search for one, but
    to no avail...
    
    This article is being printed without permission from a Dear Ann
    (Landers) column...a gentleman wrote in that he had just put his best
    friend (his dog) to sleep, and didn't quite know how to deal with
    it...I think Ann handled it well..
    
    Read on...                             -Jill
    
    
    
                          A DOG'S PLEA
    
    Treat me kindly, my beloved friend, for no heart in all the world is
    more grateful for kindness than the loving heart of mine.
    
    Do not break my spirit with a stick, for though I might lick your hand
    between blows, your patience and understanding will more quickly teach
    me the things you would have me learn.
    
    Speak to me often, for your voice is the world's sweetest music, as you
    must know by the fierce wagging of my tail when the sound of your
    footsteps falls upon my waiting ears.
    
    Please take me inside when it is cold and wet, for I am a domesticated
    animal, no longer accustomed to bitter elements.  I ask no greater
    glory than the privilege of sitting at your feet beside the hearth.
    
    Keep my pan filled with fresh water, for I cannot tell you when I
    suffer thirst.
    
    Feed me clean food, that I may stay well, to romp and play and do your
    bidding, to walk by your side and stand ready, willing and able to
    protect you with my life, should your life be in danger.
    
    And, my friend, when I am very old and I no longer enjoy good health,
    hearing and sight, do not make heroic efforts to keep me going.  I am
    not having any fun.
    
    Please see to it that my life is taken gently.  I shall leave this
    Earth knowing with the last breath I draw that my fate was always
    safest in your hands.
     
    
    
    
    
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1005.1LAGUNA::DERY_CHTue May 15 1990 18:178
    Jill,
    
    Thanks for posting that.  I'm a devoted "mother" to a dog
    and two cats and reading the article gave me a huge lump in
    my throat.
    
    Thanks again,
    Cherie
1005.2they are so much better to us than we to themTINCUP::KOLBEThe dilettante debutanteTue May 15 1990 19:2414
    I can't think of any truer love than a dog has for his human. My 13
    (almost 14) year old dalmation Joe is one of my best friends. He always
    loves me and would be at my side 24 hours a day if he could. As I watch
    him grow old and see the cataracts cloud his eyes I feel already how
    much I'll miss him when he's gone. I have another dog who is younger
    but Joe was that "special" one who can never be replaced. He'll be in
    my heart forever.

    I can't imagine living without my animals (2 dogs, 1 cat and 1 horse)
    and feel sorry for all the kids that have never known the kind of
    unconditional love they can give. The humane society in our town has a
    program where they bring puppies and kittens to old folks homes for
    visits and it has made many formerly uncommunicative patients open up
    and start enjoying life again. liesl
1005.3If only they ruled the world, there would be no hate!MILKWY::BUSHEEFrom the depths of shattered dreams!Wed May 16 1990 14:276
    
    	Dogs (IMHO) are the only "house-mate" I'll ever have again!!
    	If I had the room (and landlords permission) I'd have 100 of
    	em.
    
    	G_B
1005.4I hope Rocket lives to be 100!!TOOK::FAIRBANKSWed May 16 1990 19:0212
    
    Gee, I can't believe how sensitive I've become to things like this
    since I became a dog owner--it was all I could do to keep from
    crying right here in my office when I read that!!
    
    It's so true ... we had dogs as pets when I was a kid, but now that
    I have my own, a little life that I am solely responsible for, I
    have a much stronger attachment to him.  
    
    He's four solid pounds of fun and unconditional love.  :-)
    
    Laurie
1005.5Not in the thumb please...USEM::HARRINGTONOff quicker then a prom dressThu May 17 1990 12:518
RE: Note 1005.4 TOOK::FAIRBANKS 
    
>    He's four solid pounds of fun and unconditional love.  :-)
    
	Yeah,Laurie.  But does he still have a special "unconditional
    love" for gloves.  heh heh ;>)

    Mike (JC)
1005.6DUGGAN::MAHONEYWed Jun 06 1990 18:064
    I feel so sad to see so many kids abandoned or going from foster home
    to foster home... many of those kids would LOVE to be treated as dogs
    are treated in these notes... mind you, I am a dog owner and a dog
    lover but above all, I love human beings and hate to see misery...
1005.7huh?BSS::D_WOLBACHWed Jun 06 1990 18:187
    
    
    .6
    
    So what are you saying?  How does your note relate to the base note?
    
    
1005.8TINCUP::KOLBEThe dilettante debutanteThu Jun 07 1990 00:0211
<    I feel so sad to see so many kids abandoned or going from foster home
<    to foster home... many of those kids would LOVE to be treated as dogs
<    are treated in these notes... mind you, I am a dog owner and a dog
<    lover but above all, I love human beings and hate to see misery...

    Since I am separated from my husband, don't attend church, and work
    full time I would not be *allowed* to take a foster child or an
    abandonded child. Since I have no children of my own I might consider
    it but I am a pariah in the view of adoption agencies and social
    service organizations. Pets are all I'm allowed unless I grow my own.
    liesl