subject: The Power Of The Dog - When To Say Goodbye [print this page] The most agonizing decision most of us will ever make is whens the right time to say good-bye to your best friend?
Lately your buddy has not been doing so well. The ol girl is starting to bump into things. The other night, he slept in his own pee. She hasnt eaten in days. Its impossible for him to make it up-or-down the few steps leading to the backyard. This morning you heard her whimpering in the other room and it just broke your heart.
Ask yourself, Am I keeping my closest companion alive for me or for them? Your answer should tell you what you need to do.
In the meantime, the poet and writer Rudyard Kipling wrote a verse that will help you sort through this moment. Its called The Power of the Dog.
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 passion 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 tumor, 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?
by: Jake Theron
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