Dogs Never Really Die

[PuddleDuck]

I've never read this before....I'm struggling at the thought of this being my first Christmas without doof and just came across this quote/story. I thought I would share because I'm sure you guys all wanted something to make you cry tonight :)

Some of you, particularly those who think they have recently lost a dog to “death”, don’t really understand this. I’ve had no desire to explain, but won’t be around forever and must.

Dogs never die. They don’t know how to. They get tired, and very old, and their bones hurt. Of course they don’t die. If they did they would not want to always go for a walk, even long after their old bones say:” No, no, not a good idea. Let’s not go for a walk.” Nope, dogs always want to go for a walk. They might get one step before their aging tendons collapse them into a heap on the floor, but that’s what dogs are. They walk.

It’s not that they dislike your company. On the contrary, a walk with you is all there is. Their boss, and the cacaphonic symphony of odor that the world is. Cat poop, another dog’s mark, a rotting chicken bone ( exultation), and you. That’s what makes their world perfect, and in a perfect world death has no place.

However, dogs get very very sleepy. That’s the thing, you see. They don’t teach you that at the fancy university where they explain about quarks, gluons, and Keynesian economics. They know so much they forget that dogs never die. It’s a shame, really. Dogs have so much to offer and people just talk a lot.

When you think your dog has died, it has just fallen asleep in your heart. And by the way, it is wagging it’s tail madly, you see, and that’s why your chest hurts so much and you cry all the time. Who would not cry with a happy dog wagging its tail in their chest. Ouch! Wap wap wap wap wap, that hurts. But they only wag when they wake up. That’s when they say: “Thanks Boss! Thanks for a warm place to sleep and always next to your heart, the best place.”

When they first fall asleep, they wake up all the time, and that’s why, of course, you cry all the time. Wap, wap, wap. After a while they sleep more. (remember, a dog while is not a human while. You take your dog for walk, it’s a day full of adventure in an hour. Then you come home and it’s a week, well one of your days, but a week, really, before the dog gets another walk. No WONDER they love walks.)

Anyway, like I was saying, they fall asleep in your heart, and when they wake up, they wag their tail. After a few dog years, they sleep for longer naps, and you would too. They were a GOOD DOG all their life, and you both know it. It gets tiring being a good dog all the time, particularly when you get old and your bones hurt and you fall on your face and don’t want to go outside to pee when it is raining but do anyway, because you are a good dog. So understand, after they have been sleeping in your heart, they will sleep longer and longer.

But don’t get fooled. They are not “dead.” There’s no such thing, really. They are sleeping in your heart, and they will wake up, usually when you’re not expecting it. It’s just who they are.

I feel sorry for people who don’t have dogs sleeping in their heart. You’ve missed so much. Excuse me, I have to go cry now.

[VizslaMomma]

These are our early days of Tibor just sleeping in our hearts.

Still a roller coaster but........

I have always said that we are rejoined by them with that brush of a tail on the arm or a swish around the legs.

The wee buggar has visited already.

Sending you HUGS and thank you for these words.

Good words I enjoyed heartily but I'll save the tissues.

I believe what you wrote absolutely.

[tikira]

Yep, my boy Tip jist woke me up once again!

Thank you so much for sharing that, I too totally believe every word of it.

I cherish the times he wakes me up, for it is then I feel really close to him, even through the tears.

Di

[stellnme]

I have several sleeping in my heart. Thank you for the beautiful story.

[White Shepherd mom]

I should have heeded your warning for the flood gates have opened (and I'm at work )

I have two sleeping dogs in my heart, the one wakes up often for he only just went to sleep 3 months ago. The other one sleeps a little more nowadays. She's been asleep almost 2 years. Sometimes they both wake up together and your post has done that.

As tikira said, I welcome the tears because that's when I know my dogs are still with me.

[Dogs Are Forever]

Thanks PD. I've lost many dogs now after 30 years, they still wake me up, one of the reasons for my username.

Edited December 12, 2014 by Dogs Are Forever

[Little Gifts]

Well what a lovely way to look at it! I'm all sobby and snotty now!

[Stressmagnet]

Oh my god. Having lost our beloved AmStaff last Feb and my heart dog Kelpie Katie 6 years ago - I'm surprised at how raw your words made me feel. In a good way.