For the Love of Animals....

I am so grateful for all the messages about my sweet golden retriever Buddy.  So many have commented and sent me well wishes through emails from my website and facebook. I am deeply appreciative. It's the unconditional love that strikes that sensitive cord in all of us.  The love that is waiting for us when we arrive home from a tough day at work.  The cuddling that asks for nothing in return except more of the same. 

Our animals just ask to be fed and watered and for that they become our lifelong best friends. Maybe they would like a tickle on the ears or a pat on the back....but even without that....they will love us.  If only we humans could be so....let me think....so humane! 

I am truly blessed by the many pets that have crossed my path.  My memories take me back to the little girl riding her bicycle in search of strays.  Stuffing them into her overhauls (is that the correct spelling?!?) and taking them home to her unsuspecting parents, she would beg for the life of these animals.  No animal shelter was good enough for these newly captured babies.  Only she had a heart big enough for the likes of an Irish Setter mix who had been so badly beaten, he cowered at a loving touch. She named him Bentley Peter.  Only she knew how to care for the the little grey mut that took an instant dislike to her father.  That little boy was Napolean Jean Baptiste. Only she knew the right words to make her parents say yes to the new motley crew of pack animals.



Bella with her baby sister Juliet ages 3 1/2 and 1 1/2.   Bella is just getting over missing Buddy.

 However she was at a loss for words when the town called to say that there were too many dog licenses being issued to her address, and a kennel license was in order! That little girl was me...and I haven't stop collecting dogs or being lucky enough to be their owners. I am the one blessed by their love and honored by their loving presence in my life.

More on my lovely location and my writing in my next blog....writing it today!