I’ve read this wonderful poem before, but it really spoke to me again today as I get to know my precious puppy more and more and as I watch my aging elder dog slow down a little more almost every day, it seems. They have been magic in my life and have loved me when I didn’t feel loved by anyone else.
Dogs are truly a gift from God above!
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 traveled,
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 about 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 won’t 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 makes 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 it’s not “just a dog,”
but the thing that gives me humanity and
keeps me from being “just a man or woman.”
So the next time you hear the phrase “just a dog,”
just smile — because they “just don’t understand.”
– Author Unknown
My Five Fs 
Oh my goodness! I have been so sick but am back home with my just a dog now. Found this day before coming home and cried with joy. What a Christmas gift! Good night and God Bless. Sudie King
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Dogs are truly a blessing to us. God bless you, too.
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What in the world else can I say?
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My Boston Terrier, Sherry, was the runt of her litter. In 2005 she saved my life when I had an idiopathic brain aneurysm. She out lived her life expectency until I could walk on my own. Spell goD backwards.
MAN’S BEAT FRIEND.
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I would love to read your story if you have it online. If not, please consider sharing it sometime? What an inspirational story! Thanks for sharing it.
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I lived alone in Gulfport, MS. My son was @Ole Miss. I didn’t get up. My\dog Sherry ran in & out her dog door barking, for HOURS. FINALLY a neighbor stopped, Another hour & I would have died, There is a poem on the net about doG is GOD spelled backwards. Sherry died of old age. Am in an assisted living now where U cant have pets here. I’d like VERY much to find the poem.
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Marianne, I think this link has the poem you are looking for. http://home.comcast.net/~maxcpoo/poem.html. Have a blessed day!
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