Likes: Just touch me. Soft toys are pretty cool too. Pet-Peeves: Ear cleaning, teeth brushing. I have to rub my face on EVERYTHING after you clean my ears or brush my teeth. Favorite Toy: Soft toys esp. his green bug or pink teddy bear. Favorite Food: salmon jerky; sweet potatoes. Favorite Walk: Saturday morning market. Best Tricks: sit;down; heel; speed bump impersonation. Arrival Story: Topps Sumo's Sunshine, CGC ThD, is one of the sweetest dogs I've ever known. He's the big brindle bullmastiff in the pic. One of the first bullmastiffs to earn AKC's Therapy Dog title. He goes every other week to nursing homes & hospice house. He has a quiet strength that seems to light up the lives of every human he encounters. Very very gentle; he just likes to be near you. Forums Motto: Topps Sumo's Sunshine, CGC ThD The Last Forum I Posted In: When do the white hairs come? Help me with my dogs age.
Here in this house...........
I will never know the loneliness I hear in the barks of the other dogs 'out there'.
I can sleep soundly, assured that when I wake my world will not have changed.
I will never know hunger, or the fear of not knowing if I'll eat.
I will not shiver in the cold, or grow weary from the heat.
I will feel the sun's heat, and the rain's coolness,
and be allowed to smell all that can reach my nose.
My fur will shine, and never be dirty or matted.
Here in this house...
There will be an effort to communicate with me on my level.
I will be talked to and, even if I don't understand,
I can enjoy the warmth of the words.
I will be given a name so that I may know who I am among many.
My name will be used in joy, and I will love the sound of it!
Here in this house...
I will never be a substitute for anything I am not.
I will never be used to improve peoples' images of themselves.
I will be loved because I am who I am, not someone's idea of who I should be.
I will never suffer for someone's anger, impatience, or stupidity.
I will be taught all the things I need to know to be loved by all.
If I do not learn my lessons well, they will look to my teacher for blame.
Here in this house...
I can trust arms that hold, hands that touch...
knowing that, no matter what they do, they do it for the good of me.
If I am ill, I will be doctored.
If scared, I will be calmed.
If sad, I will be cheered.
No matter what I look like, I will be considered beautiful and thought to be of value.
I will never be cast out because I am too old, too ill, too unruly, or not cute enough.
My life is a responsibility, and not an afterthought.
I will learn that humans can almost, sometimes, be as kind and as fair as dogs.
Here in this house...
I will belong.
I will be home.
~Author Unknown
Dogster Obsessions: The Starter Kit for Dogs by Wildebeest
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