Someone posted this on our community forum. I thought it was cute
Barking
I do not always have to have the "last bark".
I do not need to bark when the computer makes a funny warning noise.
I will learn that howling when I hear sirens doesn't help firemen find
their way.
I will not attack the cactus and then bark when it bites back.
I will not back-talk, mumble or grumble at Mom and Dad all through
dinner, after they make me go and sit on my bed because I drool.
I will not bark at my human just because she's wearing a hat.
I will not bark at my brother who has the ONLY desirable chew toy even
though there are a dozen identical ones.
I will not bark at the dog (in the aquarium, floating outside the
window, in the oven). It's just my reflection.
I will not bark at Daddy when he sneezes.
I will not do a "bark and hold" on the plastic Santa Claus on the
neighbor's front lawn.
I now realize that the monster in the yard that I so carefully stalked
and barked at all night was just a paper sack blowing in the wind...