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"Danielle keeps repeating it over and over again.

We've been back to this animal shelter at least five

times. It has been weeks now since we started all of

this," the mother told the volunteer.

"What is it she keeps asking for?" the volunteer asked.

"Puppy size!" replied the mother.

"Well, we have plenty of puppies, if that's what she's looking for."

"I know...we have seen most of them," the Mom said in frustration...

Just then Danielle came walking into the office.

"Well, did you find one?" asked her Mom. "No, not

this time," Danielle said with sadness in her voice.

"Can we come back on the weekend?"

The two women looked at each other, shook their heads and laughed.

"You never know when we will get more dogs.

Unfortunately, there's always a supply," the volunteer said.

Danielle took her mother by the hand and headed to the

door. "Don't worry, I'll find one this weekend," she

said.

Over the next few days both Mom and dad had long conversations with her.

They both felt she was being too particular. "It's this weekend or we're

not looking any more," Dad finally said in frustration.

"We don't want to hear anything more about puppy size either," Mom added.

Sure enough, they were the first ones in the shelter on Saturday morning.

By now Danielle knew her way around, so she ran right for the section that housed the smaller dogs. Tired of the routine, Mom sat in

the small waiting room at the end of the first row of cages.

There was an observation window so you could see the animals during times when visitors weren't permitted. Danielle walked slowly from cage to cage, kneeling periodically to take a closer look. One by one the

dogs were brought out and she held each one. One by one she said,

"Sorry, you're not the one."

It was the last cage on this last day in search of the

perfect pup. The volunteer opened the cage door and

the child carefully picked up the dog and held it

closely. This time she took a little longer. "Mom,

that's it! I found the right puppy! He's the one!

I know it!" she screamed with joy. "It's the puppy

size!"

"But it's the same size as all the other puppies you held over the last

few weeks," Mom said.

"No not size ---- the sighs. When I held him in my

arms, he sighed," she said.

"Don't you remember? When I asked you one day what

love is, you told me love depends on the sighs of your

heart. The more you love, the bigger the sigh!"

The two women looked at each other for a moment Mom

didn't know whether to laugh or cry. As she stooped

down to hug the child, she did a little of both.

"Mom, every time you hold me, I sigh. When you and

Daddy come home from work and hug each other, you both

sigh. I knew I would find the right puppy if it

sighed when I held it in my arms," she said. Then

holding the puppy up close to her face she said, "Mom,

he loves me. I heard the sighs of his heart!"

~Author Unknown

"He is your friend, your partner, your defender, your dog. You are his life, his love, his leader. He will be yours, faithful and true, to the last beat of his heart. You owe it to him to be worthy of such devotion"

~Author Unknown

DOG'S REMINDER TO SELF:

The garbage collector is not stealing our stuff.

I do not need to suddenly stand straight up when I'm lying under the coffee table.
I will not roll my toys behind the fridge, behind the sofa or
under the bed.

I must shake the rainwater out of my fur before entering the house.

I will not roll on dead seagulls, fish, crabs, deer or horse manure just because I like the way they smell.

"Kitty Box Krunchies", although they are tasty, are not food.

When in the car, I will not insist on having the window rolled down when it is raining outside or 30 below.

We do not have a doorbell, I do not need to bark each time I hear it on TV.

I will not steal my mom's underwear and dance all over the back yard with them.

My head does not belong in the refrigerator.

I will not play tug of war with dad's underwear when he's on
the toilet.

I will not eat mint flavored dental floss out of the bathroom garbage and walk around with a string hanging out my butt.

I will not use "roll around in the dirt" as an option after just getting a bath.

Sticking my nose into someone's crotch is not an acceptable way of saying hello.

The toilet bowl is not a never ending water supply and, just because the water is blue, it doesn't mean it's cleaner.
The cat is not a squeaky toy, so when I play with him and he makes that noise, it's usually not a good thing.

Money will buy a pretty good dog, but it won't buy the wag of his tail.

--Josh Billings

I like driving around with my two dogs, especially on the freeways. I make them wear little hats so I can use the car-pool lanes.

--Monica Piper

To his dog, every man is King; hence the constant popularity of dogs.

--Aldous Huxley 1894 English Novelist.

If dogs could talk, perhaps we�d find it just as hard to get along with them as we do people.

--Karel Capek 1890-1938 Czech Journalist.

Dogs are lousy poker players. When they get a good hand they wag their tails.

Dumb dog. I bought a dog whistle. He won�t use it..

A door is what a dog is perpetually on the wrong side of.

--Ogden Nash

I know that dogs are pack animals, but it is difficult to imagine a pack of standard poodles...and if there was such a thing as a pack of standard poodles, where would they rove to? Bloomingdale's?

--Yvonne Clifford, American actress

The great pleasure of a dog is that you make a fool of yourself with him and not only will he not scold you, he will make a fool of himself too.

--Samuel Butler

She had no particular breed in mind, no unusual requirements. Except the special sense of mutual recognition that tells dog and human they have both come to the right place.

--Lloyd Alexander, American writer.

The dog, in life the firmest friend, "The first to welcome, foremost to defend."

--Lord Byron, an epitaph for his dog Boatswain.

A good dog never dies he always stays, he walks besides you on crisp autumn days when frost is on the fields and winter's drawing near, his head is within our hand in his old way.

--Mary Carolyn Davies

God sat down for a moment when the dog was finished in order to watch it and to know that it was good, that nothing was lacking, that it could not have been made better.

--Rainer Maria Rilke

A dog is like an eternal Peter Pan, a child who never grows old and who therefore is always available to love and be loved.

--Aaron Katcher, American Educator and Psychiatrist

Properly trained, a man can be dog's best friend.

--Corey Ford, American writer

They never talk about themselves but listen to you while you talk about yourself, and keep up an appearance of being interested in the conversation.

--Jerome K. Jerome, English humorist

Acquiring a dog may be the only opportunity a human ever has to choose a relative.

--Mordecai Siegal, Contemporary Writer.

Dogs are our link to paradise. They don't know evil or jealousy or discontent. To sit with a dog on a hillside on a glorious afternoon is to be back in Eden, where doing nothing was not boring -- it was peace.

--Milan Kundera

Dogs. They are better than human beings, because they know, but do not tell.

--Emily Dickenson

The Airedale... an unrivaled mixture of brains, and clownish wit, the very ingredients one looks for in a spouse.

--Chip Brown, Connoisseur Magazine

His name is not wild dog anymore, but the first friend, because he will be our friend for always and always and always.

--Rudyard Kipling

"If there are no dogs in Heaven, then when I die I want to go where they went."- Will Rogers

"We give dogs time we can spare, space we can spare and love we can spare. And in return, dogs give us their all. It's the best deal man has ever made" - M. Facklam

"Dogs love their friends and bite their enemies, quite unlike people, who are incapable of pure love and always have to mix love and hate."- Sigmund Freud

"The reason a dog has so many friends is that he wags his tail instead of his tongue."- Anonymous

"Dogs need to sniff the ground; it's how they keep abreast of current events. The ground is a giant dog newspaper, containing all kinds of late-breaking dog news items, which, if they are especially urgent, are often continued in the next yard." - Dave Barry

"Anybody who doesn't know what soap tastes like never washed a dog." - Franklin P. Jones

"If your dog is fat, you aren't getting enough exercise." - Unknown

"I wonder what goes through his mind when he sees us peeing in his water bowl."- Penny Ward Moser

"A dog teaches a boy fidelity, perseverance, and to turn around three times before lying down." - Robert Benchley

"No animal should ever jump up on the dining-room furniture unless absolutely certain that he can hold his own in the conversation." - Fran Lebowitz

"I wonder if other dogs think poodles are members of a weird religious cult."- Rita Rudner

"My dog is worried about the economy because Alpo is up to $3.00 a can. That's almost $21.00 in dog money." - Joe Weinstein

"Don't accept your dog's admiration as conclusive evidence that you are wonderful."- Ann Landers

"There is no psychiatrist in the world like a puppy licking your face." - Ben Williams

"A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than he loves himself." - Josh Billings

"The average dog is a nicer person than the average person." - Andrew A. Rooney

"Outside of a dog, a book is probably man's best friend; inside of a dog, it's too dark to read." - Groucho Marx

"Ever consider what they must think of us? I mean, here we come back from a grocery store with the most amazing haul -- chicken, pork, half a cow. They must think we're the greatest hunters on earth!" -Anne Tyler

"If I have any beliefs about immortality, it is that certain dogs I have known will go to heaven, and very, very few persons." - James Thurber

"Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea." - Robert A. Heinlein

ALONE Again

I wish someone would tell me
What it is that I've done wrong,
Why I have to stay chained up
And left alone so long...

They seemed so glad to have me
When I came here as a pup,
There were so many things we'd do
While I was growing up...
They couldn't wait to train me
As companion and as friend.

They told me they would never fear
Being left alone again...
The children said they'd feed me,
Said they'd brush me every day,
They'd play with me and walk me,
If only l could stay...

But now the family hasn't time.
They often say I shed.
They won't allow me in the house,
Not even to be fed...

The children never walk me.
They always say, "Not now!"
I wish that I could please them.
Won't someone tell me how?

All I have is love, you see,
I wish they would explain,
Why they said they wanted me
Then left me on a chain.

by Arlene Pace

by

Beth Norman Harris

Do not break my spirit with a stick, for though I should lick your hands between blows, your patience and understanding will more quickly teach me the things you would have me do.

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 your footstep falls upon my waiting ear.