shotgunny 39 Posted June 25, 2010 Report Share Posted June 25, 2010 We've all heard the saying mans best friend is his dog and up to a year ago I didn't pay much attention to the saying. My 2 year old terrier used to be the pet I brought out in the field. Now though ,as both me and her have learned how to work the fields she really has become like a friend to me. Where ever I go I always know that she is there right at my heel ready to do some work. She waits at the hall door for me everyday after school just hoping that maybe now we can go out shooting and if she spots the gun coming out of it's back she jumps with excitement. Maybe it's just me or does anyone else feel that their dog really is a true friend? Atb sg Quote Link to post Share on other sites
scothunter 12,609 Posted June 25, 2010 Report Share Posted June 25, 2010 oh yea mate they never judge you always there for you and i wouldnt be without a dog in my life.look after them and show them respect and they will do anything for you,or die trying. mate once pointed out something to me and i never actually thought about it before then.whats "dog" spelt backwards Quote Link to post Share on other sites
scothunter 12,609 Posted June 25, 2010 Report Share Posted June 25, 2010 ONE MAN'S SPECIAL TRIBUTE TO A DOG The one absolutely unselfish friend that a man can have in this selfish world, the one that never deserts him, the one that never proves ungrateful or treacherous, is his dog. A man's dog stands by him in prosperity and in poverty, in health and in sickness. He will sleep on the cold ground where the wintery winds blow, and the snow drives fiercely, if only he may be near his master's side. He will kiss the hand that has no food to offer, he will lick the sores and wounds that come in encounter with the roughness of the world. He guards the sleep of his Pauper master as if he were a prince. When all other friends desert, he remains. When riches take wings and reputation falls to pieces, he is as constant in his love as the sun in it's journey through the heavens. If misfortune drives the master forth an outcast in the world, friendless and homeless, the faithful dog asks no higher privilege than that of accompanying him to guard against danger, to fight against his enemies. And when the last scene of all comes, and death takes the master in it's embrace, and his body is laid away in the cold ground, no matter if all other friends pursue their way, there by the graveside will the noble dog be found, his head between his paws, his eyes sad, but open in alert watchfulness, faithful and true, even in death. -From a speech given by Former Senator George Graham Vest of Missouri. Delivered in 1870 when he was acting as a lawyer in a suit against a man who had killed the dog of his client. -- He won the case. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
scothunter 12,609 Posted June 25, 2010 Report Share Posted June 25, 2010 (edited) MANS BEST FRIEND! My friend is loyal and eager to please I'd sit in my chair, his head on my knees I'd stroke his back and pat him on the side The things he would do filled my heart with pride He watched my house and my family too He was always there to look over you Never my house did I have to lock A bark and a growl at the very first knock Unconditional love is what he gave to me From the look in his eye it was all you could see Sometimes I'd yell "be quiet, lay down" He'd lay in the corner and not make a sound As he grew old and couldn't get around I forgot how he'd greet me with a leap and a bound Soon came the time he could no longer stand on his own I picked him up and carried him to see God's home On the way there I remembered all the good years I looked at my friend through all of my tears I told him I loved him Soon the pain would be gone I did the hardest thing I ever have done I went the last mile I was there to the end I know now why they called him "Man's Best Friend" ALWAYS LIKED THOSE 2 POEMS! Edited June 25, 2010 by scothunter Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kay 3,709 Posted June 25, 2010 Report Share Posted June 25, 2010 I love my dogs there always there when i am feeling a bit miserable & its as if they know your not feeling brilliant Quote Link to post Share on other sites
scothunter 12,609 Posted June 25, 2010 Report Share Posted June 25, 2010 LAST ONE! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUNJjIwlHk8 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
shotgunny 39 Posted June 25, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 25, 2010 Very good poems mate they all some it up lovely. I love spending time my dog as there never seems to be a dull moment with her. Atb sg Quote Link to post Share on other sites
scothunter 12,609 Posted June 25, 2010 Report Share Posted June 25, 2010 Very good poems mate they all some it up lovely. I love spending time my dog as there never seems to be a dull moment with her. Atb sg My old lurcher bitch is 15 or 16 yr old as we speak.and there signs of her time may be comming.be sad day for me i can tell you! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
shotgunny 39 Posted June 25, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 25, 2010 Sorry to hear mate it must be awful for you. Hope it's no to tough on you mate atb sg Quote Link to post Share on other sites
scothunter 12,609 Posted June 25, 2010 Report Share Posted June 25, 2010 Sorry to hear mate it must be awful for you. Hope it's no to tough on you mate atb sg cheers matey Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FightTheBan 1,147 Posted June 25, 2010 Report Share Posted June 25, 2010 I got my first dog at 16. A springer spaniel off great working lines. I trained her myself and she was born a natural. Very switched on, bags of stamina, very inteligent and stylish - a right wee world beater(had trialling boys offering me daft money for her, and I knocked them all back). After her second season she contracted lymes disease from a tick on the moors and despite ALOT of very hard earned cash in vet bills she has never been right since. She has gone downhill again badly in the last month (sometimes goes downhill after coming into season). I am seriously considering getting her PTS for her own welfare reasons. The wee bitch I regard as a friend and working companion. She goes with me everywhere, and it is a decision that is really going to break my heart, which I am not embarrased to admit. When I am at work,college,week away or just a drive she is there. It always happens to the good dogs. FTB Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dosser 52 Posted June 25, 2010 Report Share Posted June 25, 2010 Nice one scothunter, i like this one. The Power of the Dog by Rudyard Kipling There is sorrow enough in the natural way From men and women to fill our day; And when we are certain of sorrow in store, Why do we always arrange for more? Brothers and sisters, I bid you beware Of giving your heart to a dog to tear. Buy a pup and your money will buy Love unflinching that cannot lie-- Perfect passsion and worship fed By a kick in the ribs or a pat on the head. Nevertheless it is hardly fair To risk your heart to a dog to tear. When the fourteen years which Nature permits Are closing in asthma, or tumour, or fits, And the vet's unspoken prescription runs To lethal chambers or loaded guns, Then you will find--it's your own affair-- But ... you've given your heart to a dog to tear. When the body that lived at your single will, With its whimper of welcome, is stilled (how still!) When the spirit that answered your every mood Is gone--wherever it goes--for good, You will discover how much you care, And will give your heart to a dog to tear. We've sorrow enough in the natural way, When it comes to burying Christian clay. Our loves are not given, but only lent, At compound interest of cent per cent. Though it is not always the case, I believe, That the longer we've kept 'em, the more do we grieve: For, when debts are payable, right or wrong, A short-term loan is as bad as a long-- So why in--Heaven (before we are there) Should we give our hearts to a dog to tear? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
scothunter 12,609 Posted June 25, 2010 Report Share Posted June 25, 2010 good one aswell dosser.hey old jimmy stewart in that vid was fighting hard not to cry at the finish.that poem he wrote himself about his own dog.im the same FTB im not ashamed to admit ill shed a tear for my old bitch.i know everyone says this about their own dog but i couldnt have asked for a better dog.never gave me a bit of trouble in her whole life. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
J Darcy 5,871 Posted June 25, 2010 Report Share Posted June 25, 2010 A dog is the most faithful friend that a man can have. Thanks for sharing those great poems and i loved the clip. JD Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bosun11 537 Posted June 25, 2010 Report Share Posted June 25, 2010 "We are alone,absolutley alone on this chance planet: and, amid all the forms of life that surround us, not one, excepting the dog, has made an alliance with us". - Maurice Maeterlinck ..... And after a few years on this planet, nothing makes me more happy in the world of working dogs than a good youngster with a good dog..... Thanks for this post Shotgunny Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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