Originally Posted by Sandysbabies (Post 3506052) Sunday we went out to eat with a couple from church. This woman use to raise Great Danes so she is not exactly unlearned when it comes to dogs. When we started to leave I said Yes, we need to get home because we are having to keep Tina in her kennal when we are gone because I was afraid she would get hurt because of the dementian she is suffering. This woman just burst out laughing, so load people were looking. She said, Sandy she is just a dog. She will never know how bad that hurt. Why can't people be more sensitive to your feelings. If she chooses to look at it like that I would never do someone like that. My baby suffers everyday not knowing sometimes where she is. Where her food, water, bed are. We love our babies very much and for someone to do that hurt so much. I just told her, well she may have furr but she is still my baby.

Originally Posted by Sandysbabies (Post 3506052) Sunday we went out to eat with a couple from church. This woman use to raise Great Danes so she is not exactly unlearned when it comes to dogs. When we started to leave I said Yes, we need to get home because we are having to keep Tina in her kennal when we are gone because I was afraid she would get hurt because of the dementian she is suffering. This woman just burst out laughing, so load people were looking. She said, Sandy she is just a dog. She will never know how bad that hurt. Why can't people be more sensitive to your feelings. If she chooses to look at it like that I would never do someone like that. My baby suffers everyday not knowing sometimes where she is. Where her food, water, bed are. We love our babies very much and for someone to do that hurt so much. I just told her, well she may have furr but she is still my baby.

Originally Posted by Britster (Post 3506111) Wow... and this is a couple from church. Hypocritical, much? Ya know, it never fails that the people you should be able to count on most tend to be like this. I can't tell you how many times I meet people who end every e-mail, text, whatever with "God Bless" and then go on to be the most condescending, unkind people ever. Ugh, sorry just something that bugs me /end rant. I am sorry you had to hear a comment like that. It would really piss me off but I guess sometimes you have to got to let things slide.

JUST A DOG

From time to time, people tell me, "lighten up, it's just a dog,"
or "that's a lot of money for just a dog."

They don't understand the distance travelled, the time spent,
or the costs involved for "just a dog."

Some of my proudest moments have come about with "just a dog."

Many hours have passed and my only company was "just a dog,"
but I did not once feel slighted.

Some of my saddest moments have been brought aobut by
"just a dog," and in those days of darkness, the gentle touch
of "just a dog" gave me comfort and reason to overcome the day.

If you, too, think it's "just a dog," then you probably understand
phrases like "just a friend," "just a sunrise," or "just a promise."

"Just a dog" brings into my life the very essence of friendship,
trust, and pure unbridled joy.
"Just a dog" brings out the compassion and patience
that make me a better person.
Because of "just a dog" I will rise early, take long walks and look
longingly to the future.

So for me and folks like me, it's not "just a dog"
but an embodiment of all the hopes and dreams of the future,
the fond memories of the past, and the pure joy of the moment.

"Just a dog" brings out what's good in me and diverts my thoughts
away from myself and the worries of the day.

I hope that someday they can understand that its' not "just a dog"
but the thing that gives me humanity and keeps me from being
"just a man" or "just a woman."

So the next time you hear the phrase "just a dog,"
just smile,
because they "just don't understand."

~Unknown Author~