[Dailydrool] Dear Santa (from the Dog)

[Kathleen Jones]

This was posted to another list I'm on.  It's a bit of a Kleen-ex alert if 
you're like me.  I have a little guy from a shelter who likes the most food, 
the softest beds, the biggest toys, the warmest spots, & all things good. 
Maestro does too, but takes it for granted.  (Henry W. had an over-developed 
sense of entitlement too.)

 They're enjoying new chewies & cookies in front of the Christmas tree & 
will  mooch left-overs tomorrow.   This is for all the dogs in shelters & 
rescues. Bless all the people who try to help them, even if it's just 
dropping off blankets, let alone fostering or adopting.

At our vet's today, I met the sweetest, most benevolent, friendly Norwegian 
Elkhound who'd been adopted from a humane society when his people lost their 
home to the economy.  He's a lucky boy, but so is his new family.  He was 
sweet enough to be a very hairy Basset.

Hug your Hounds & have a peaceful, warm holiday.  I have to go move the 
pie....

Kathleen Jones & Maestro
Fezziwig the Cavalier
(w/Henry Wadsworth & Bentley Basset ATB)

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Dear Santa (from the dog)
By Janine Allen CPDT

Dear Santa,

I know times are hard so I am not asking for anything this Christmas.
Instead I am asking you to help someone else.

Santa, would you please give my friend at the shelter a wonderful human just 
like mine? One who needs a cuddly, devoted companion? A human who will let 
him get on the sofa, laugh at his snoring and take him for rides in the car? 
A human just like mine who will be his best friend forever?

If that's asking too much could you at least give him a yard to run around 
in or a park to visit? I know he'd love that.

Santa, could you give my friend at the shelter a soft bed to sleep on? The 
concrete looks so hard and I think of him every time I curl up on the fluffy 
cushion that my family has given me.

And could you please, oh please, give him one of those red rubber things 
that repeatedly gets stuffed with cheese and dog treats? That thing is 
awesome!

Oh Santa, just for Christmas, could you at least let him have a few more 
walks outside and maybe some play time with the other dogs? Could you please 
send some humans by his cage to tell him that he is worthy and that it isn't 
his fault that he is in the shelter?

The more I think of him the more I realize how blessed I am.

Santa, if you can't give him these things I will understand. But please, if 
his time is up, could you just give him a little love before he goes?

Thank you and Merry Christmas!

The Adopted Dog