Citizen Dog by Mark O'Hare for August 02, 2013

It’s all dogma.

A present wrapped in red tape.

Good Morning, cleo, sugar, Fellow Baby & the rest of the CD gang!

Good morning people and pets.

morning, Happ! how are things on the ocean in California?(note twinge of envy there)I’m thinking:the smell of the salt air,the screech of sea gullsthe sound of the waves rolling in and crashing against the rocks………around here, I listen to the corn grow

The application is to be sure you will be a qualified good pet owner.

Good morning Fellow Baby, cleo, sugie and all ye’ gathered here.

Good to see you here, nighthawks!

Errands to run, I will be back at some point.

Morning all!

I guess they don’t sell dogs in the mall.

DON’T BUY PUPPIES AT MALL PET SHOPS’, THEY ARE FROM PUPPY MILLS!!! Seriopisly, go to the pound and you will find the most adorable animals ever!

I get my dogs from shelters or in Penny’s case inheriting them.

Did Mommy hear the announcement?Good evening CDers.

Hry Dry! Did you know it’s Christmas already?

@ Grog, “Red tape” Good one.

cleo, ypu have a kind heart.

Hi, Shikamoo!

It’s trivia time, Fellow Baby. I just finished listening to the song that was playing while Les Nessman was preparing for his date with the lovely Jenifer.

Can you name that tune?

Hi HAPPY!

I remember that episode, but not the song, GROG.How about you DRY?

I wouldn’t expect you to know the song, Shika, but I do expect Fellow Baby to know. If she doesn’t, I will post the answer tomorrow.

I had to put King George the 2nd down today. He was a Basset Hound and of a Royal Breed or so he appeared….He was 15 yrs old and thats a very long life for his breed…He was a major part of my heart and I feel his loss more than I can say…his brother who happens to be a Terrior keeps looking at me questionally and what can I tell him? What do I tell Tinker (his Siamese arch-nemisis)? I named him after another Basset, the first to claim my heart, but he was never an after-thought… Oh, George 2, You were so awesome, so gorgeous, such a major peice of my heart and I know I am going to be seeing you soon buddy boy. Love you George 2…

The House Dog’s Grave (Haig, an English bulldog)

•I’ve changed my ways a little; I cannot nowRun with you in the evenings along the shore,Except in a kind of dream; and you, if you dream a moment, You see me there.So leave awhile the paw-marks on the front doorWhere I used to scratch to go out or in,And you’d soon open; leave on the kitchen floorThe marks of my drinking-pan.

I cannot lie by your fire as I used to doOn the warm stone,Nor at the foot of your bed; no, all the night throughI lie alone.But your kind thought has laid me less than six feetOutside your window where firelight so often plays,And where you sit to read–and I fear often grieving for me–Every night your lamplight lies on my place……

Robinson Jeffers, 1941

Fellow Baby given Linda’s comments, check your e in a while. My comment is too frivoulis for right now.

I’ll check in the morning, Fellow Baby. I’m getting ready to turn in. The sleepies come with getting up at 4am.

I am sorry for your loss, LINDA. It is such a heart break to lose an old friend like that. Our pets are a part of us.What a poignant poem.

LINDA, I TRULY DO FEEL YOUR PAIN! I remember when I had my dogs, Teddy, Gallagher and Susie. We lost Susie, and for about 3 or 4 days, Teddy and Gallagher ran all over the house and yard looking for her, and they did NOT eat their food for that long. I won’t go into more stories of my beloved pets, dogs and cats, but please know, it will not ease your pain, but KNOW TOO, that you are not alone!

Good Night Citizens of Dogs and little boys who want a childhood doggy companion.Sweet dreams GROG.You too DRY.

HAPPY, I envy you living by the ocean. It is so soothing and life giving to hear the waves an smell the salt sea.

Good night people.Peaceful sleep pets.