PART 1 DUSTY’S
WAY I AM YOUR DOG HE SAYS AND I WILL WATCH OVER YOU, AND LET NO HARM COME TO YOU UNTIL LIFE TAKES MY SOUL. I WILL MAKE SURE YOU ARE SAFE FROM STRANGERS, AND LET NO INTRUDERS CROSS YOUR PATH, FOR I AM STRONGER, FASTER,SMARTER, AND LOVE YOU WITH ALL MY HEART. THIS I PROMISE.
I WILL WATCH OVER YOU EVERY DAY I BREATHE, AND WALK IN FRONT OF YOU SO YOU RECEIVE NO HARM. DEPEND ON ME FOR SAFETY AS NO HARM WILL COME YOUR WAY WHILE I’M HERE.
I WILL FEEL YOUR PAIN, SENSE YOUR SORROW, AND HELP YOU IN DEFEAT, FOR ALL MY LIFE I WILL TREAT YOUR MOODS AS MY OWN.
I WILL WATCH OVER YOUR CHILDREN AS IF THEY WERE MY OWN, AND GUIDE THEM IN THEIR FIRST WALK, SO THEY WILL NOT FALTER. I WILL WATCH OVER OUR HOUSE, BEWARE ALL INTRUDERS. I WILL BE YOUR SHADOW IN THE DARKNESS,YOUR EYES BEHIND YOU,YOUR EXPECTATIONS OF ALL IMMANENT DANGER, YOUR COURSE I WILL HELP YOU SET. I WISH TO GO CAMPING WITH YOU TO CHASE BIRDS, SQUIRRELS,DEER, TO RUN THRU THE WOODS TO EXPLORE.
LET’S GO TO THE WATER, TO SWIM AFTER DUCKS, CHASE STICKS, EXPLORE EVERYTHING NEW FOR THIS EXCITEMENT I LIVE FOR. I SEEK ADVENTURE, BUT ONLY WITH YOU BECAUSE YOU ARE MY LIFE, YOU SEEK KINDNESS ONLY. FAMILY IS EVERYTHING, WE MUST ALWAYS BE TOGETHER, EVEN I’M MY OLD AGE, I WILL BE WITH YOU. I WILL DO ANY TRICK FOR YOU, BECAUSE YOU ARE VERY PATIENT IN SHOWING ME HOW. I LEARN FAST BECAUSE OF YOU AND I WILL NEVER FORGET YOU FOR TEACHING ME THINGS. YOU EXPECT A LOT BUT I UNDERSTAND THIS, OUR TEAMWORK IS ENDLESS.
WATCH WHERE I LOOK AS I CAN SEE DANGER COMING, STAND BEHIND ME I WILL PROTECT YOU. LISTEN TO MY BARK, THE TONE TELLS YOU THERE IS A PROBLEM, LOOK WHERE I TRAVEL FOR I WILL LEAD YOU AWAY FROM DANGER,EXPECT NOTHING LESS FROM ME, I WILL NOT DISAPPOINT YOU. I WISH TO CHASE A RABBIT, FOR THEY MAKE ME THINK. I WISH TO CHASE BIRDS IN THE WATER, THEY EXERCISE ME,
I LIKE TO CHASE BAD GUYS BECAUSE THAT PLEASES YOU. PART 2
TO UNDERSTAND DUSTY WAS JUST TO MEET HIM
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I ESCAPE INTO MY OWN WORLD AT TIMES BECAUSE NEED TO THINK. I TRAVEL AT TIMES ALONE TO REALIZE MY MISSING YOU IS EXTREME, FOR YOU KNOW THIS, I WOULD GIVE UP MY LIFE SO YOU CAN LIVE. LISTEN TO ME WHEN I TELL YOU HERE IS DANGER, WATCH MY POSTURE FOR A SIGNAL, SEE MY EARS TWITCH AND LISTEN TO MY BARK. DO NOT FOLLOW ME NOW LET ME
DO THIS FOR YOU.
I WILL BE BACK AND YOU WILL BE SAFE. TRUST ME, LISTEN TO ME, BE MY FRIEND FOR WHILE I AM HERE NO HARM WILL COME YOUR WAY. TRUST MY SENSES, RELY ON ME, MY LIFE FOR YOURS. DO NOT SEND ME AWAY IF I BITE SOMEBODY TO PROTECT YOU. DO NOT LOSE TRUST THAT YOU HAVE IN ME, THINK WHY I DID THIS AND REMEMBER ALWAYS ONLY FOR YOU!! CAN WE GO TO THE PARK TODAY?? ALL WEEK I HAVE WANTED TO CHASE DUCKS, AND SWIM IN THE POND. TAKE ME TO THE PARK WHERE OUR FRIENDS ARE, SOME CALL ME YOUR HERO, SOME CALL ME YOUR DOG, BUT
WE KNOW I AM YOUR FRIEND.
I WILL SLEEP ONLY WHEN YOU ARE AWAKE, AND REST ONLY WHEN YOU ARE ACTIVE. YOU RELY O ME TO WATCH OVER YOU, AND FEEL RELAXED IN Y PRESENCE. WE THINK ALIKE AND TRAVEL TOGETHER THRU LIFE AS ONE!! FOR WE SENSE DESTINY. I WILL NEVER LEAVE YOU,NEVER LET HARM COME TO YOU, DON’T ACCEPT ANYTHING LESS FROM ME. I WILL SEE HARM COMING FIRST AND HEAR THEIR FOOTSTEPS FROM FAR AWAY. FOLLOW ME!!!! WE WILL LEAVE THE DANGER BEHIND. ISMELL THEM THEY ARE NEAR!!!!!! LET’S LEAVE THIS PLACE. I WILL SEEK THEM OUT,THERE ARE THREE, YOU STOP AND RETURN, THIS I WILL NEVER FORGET. TEAMWORK WE ARE ONE, WE RELISHED IN THEIR SURPRISE,WE OVERCAME THEIR THREAT,AND LEFT THEIR EGOS AND THEIR BODIES WISHING THEY NEVER STEPPED UP.
THEY ACCEPTED REALITY AND LIMPED AWAY. I DUSTY LIVED TO BE WITH YOU
WRITTEN BY JIM PUFAHL DUSTY’S DADDY
AFTER HE SAVED MY LIFE IN 2000
MY CANINE HERO,
| DUSTY |
| 2005 |
| JIM PUFAHL |