When I am old...

sns2 · #1 07-16-2023, 11:47 AM

WHEN I AM OLD When I am old... I will wear soft gray sweatshirts... and a bandana over my silver hair... and I will spend my social pension checks on my dogs. I will sit in my house on my well-worn chair and listen to my dogs breathing.

I will sneak out in the middle of a warm summer night and take my dogs for a run, if my old bones will allow... When people come to call, I will smile and nod as I show them my dogs... and talk of them and about them...

The ones so beloved of the past and the ones so beloved of today... I will still work hard cleaning after them, mopping and feeding them and whispering their names in a soft loving way. I will wear the gleaming sweat on my throat, like a jewel, and I will be an embarrassment to all... especially my family...

who have not yet found the peace in being free to have dogs as your best friends... These friends who always wait, at any hour, for your footfall... and eagerly jump to their feet out of a sound sleep, to greet you as if you are a God, with warm eyes full of adoring love and hope that you will always stay,

I'll hug their big strong necks... I'll kiss their dear sweet heads... and whisper in their very special company... I look in the mirror...

and see I am getting old... this is the kind of person I am... and have always been. Loving dogs is easy, they are part of me. My dogs appreciate my presence in their lives...

they love my presence in their lives... When I am old this will be important to me... you will understand when you are old, if you have dogs to love too.

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Mr Flyguy · #2 07-16-2023, 12:33 PM

What about cats?

oldgutpile · #3 07-16-2023, 12:36 PM

So true. I get along with my dogs wayyy better than most people.
Sad to think that as I get old, knowing the many dogs I have greived for already in this life, that the next dog may be my last. I've already outlived the lifespan my father had, so everyday going forward is gravy. Been more years on this earth sharing the company of a good dog, than I've been without, and as long as I consider myself able and alert, I will continue to share their companionship.

traderal · #4 07-16-2023, 08:52 PM

I'm there now. Just lost one of the best Shepherds we have ever had, 12 1/2 yrs old, last week. Pack leader alpha from the time we brought him home. He was number 12 of 16 dogs we've owned. Think about them when I can't sleep at night.