[gemy]

Awh yes age. Getting older means a few more stiff joints in the am, wondering where this or that went, and does it mean Alzheimer's??

But here are the hands, that have held pups and babies over the years, soothed hurts, nursed through many ailments. Our reflexes might not be as sharp anymore, but our eyes do see, the misstep of a pup, the eye that is not as bright as it should be. We've learnt a whole lot, to assess the food we feed to this young one, the vaccines to give or not and when. We've trained more than one dog through housebreaking, and maybe through obedience titles. We've loved and lost, and loved again.

We have much to give a little one. Years of experience, a heart grown large with time, patience and time, good loving is wrapped around the knowing discipline of experience. We've learnt to know our own shortcomings, as it pertains to dogs. We've modified, got in help when needed, planned for the future of our pup. We've established a good long term relationship with a vet.

We know that the pact between a human and a dog, is a sacred one. We stand or sit in awe of the love they show us. We know our time with them is so very short, so we enjoy each moment of every day with them.

We've learnt that life isn't always to the swift. That there is more to life than increasing it's speed. That with whatever the years left the Universe have granted us, that this now, this pup, this dog, is a real part of who we are, and what we are meant to do.