Dogs

Does eveyone love their dog like I do? I left today to go shopping and I was gone for about 3 hours. When I came into the house, Tinker greated me like I'd been gone for a week. She does exactly the same if I'm gone 5 minutes to go out to the mailbox and pick up the mail. She bounces around and gives me kisses and wags her tail. It's as if she is saying "At last you've come home, you've been gone so long."

I think dogs are the only creatures that love us unconditionally. A few years ago I went on vacation for 10 days and she stayed at my son Dave's house, playing with their dog Abbey and having a ball. I went to pick her up even before I went home to unload my suitcase because I missed her so much. She was sitting in their front window looking out when she saw my car and the look on her face was unmistakable. She actually couldn't believe her eyes and did a double take when I came up to the door. I think she thought I was gone for good. I went inside and she crouched down on the floor and cried and then ran and got her leash off the doorknob and brought it to me as if she were saying, "okay let's go home now, I'm ready to leave".

For weeks after she never left my side. She walked from room to room with me, sat next to me while I was on the computer. If I went to the store she was in the dining room window watching for my car to come down the street and then met me at the door.

If I go over to Dave's house just to visit nowI can't pry her out of the car! She thinks I'm going to leave her for a long time again. If I take her food dish and water dish, her blanket and her food with me, she gives me a resigned look and eventually gets out of the car, she knows she's staying for awhile.

This dog of mine gives me endless joy.