If I could talk human would you understand?

If I could talk human would you understand?
As a citizen on planet earth and some one who has had the pleasure of having/not owning 3
dogs. As friends companions loving caring lives. Part of my family existing together in one
world. It pains me to see the treatment of "friends" to their dogs
.
Quick simple to the point THINK 10X before emotionally scarring a dog.
Hard Long and Rationally for the sake of you and the dog!
Examples of the wrong way to live with a dog and what I believe they would say in "human".

One:
I was so happy the day you picked my up from the breeder. Wow they sure dinged you. We
had such fun travelling all over the city in your truck. They way you would cuddled me up to
you and let me lick your face I'll always remember.  I felt so proud when you stood up for me
in front of your mate who doesn't like dogs. I didn't quite catch what you kept insisting
though. But I remember being so happy hearing you say outside so often. Oh boy we are
going exploring in the woods again I kept thinking. Four happy weeks later after all our trips
together I learned another human word. Work. I have to say I don't like Work whatever it is!
 Once Work started you left me with your mate who remember does not like dogs or any pets
for that matter. That afternoon I found out what Work means. It means that even now after 5
years I have never been back inside our home. It means I am attached to this chain with 40' of
room to run jump play by myself in. It means I'll get fed twice a day watered twice a day and
that will be the ned of my human interaction with my "family" for the day.  It means freezing
cold or boiling hot, 15 days of pouring rain or 14 days sweltering sun I'll be chained here. It
means while my family goes off to the beach, camping, biking, I'll be chained right here. It
means that you wont even come near me any more because I have no way of restraining
myself from jumping all over you to show you how much I miss you. We used to have fun
doing that remember? It means my whole family YES even your mate who doesn't like
animals (that I still love unconditionally because that is the way i am) keep far away because
again I find it hard to restrain my joy at having human company. I am NOT just seeking
attention when I bark I'm seeking the love we share or maybe just I share.  Yes I get well fed
thank you. Also I'd like to thank you for the strangers that come to take me for a walk twice a
day but they are not YOU! My love for you and our family is unconditional and always will be.
If I knew how to NOT love that is how I would feel about WORK. I have heard you say often to
your visitors how the breeder insisted I be an outside dog but I really don't think that meant
forever outside Halloween fireworks and all (they still make me tremble like a puppy). I was
so happy when you picked me up at the breeders do you think you could now please take me
back there until your finished WORK and I can join my family again. Love me your? dog!
Two:
I first met you when I was being abused by mu first family. When they were spending all their
funds on drugs and there was very little for their dog, scraps sometimes were great but you
would always come by with wonderful smelly bags of food that my family never tried to eat.
Those boxes with yuuuummmy cookies made me drool, I so looked forward to your visit
every once 7 days. You'd pick me up hold me on your chest and tell me what a good dog I am
how happy that made me. Then I'm not sure what I did to my original family but they stuck
me in a room and left me there. Then I started getting yelled at and told how stupid I was for
peeing in the corner or for pooing by the room door. I tried to hold it but I'm inly so big and 2
days without going outside is too much I can't hold it that long as we saw for months. That day
when all those boxes were moving and people were carrying big pieces of our/my home and
you brought me out to your car I was soooo happy. I was hoping you would not stick me back
in that smelly room and you didn't let me down. I miss my original family but I do not miss
that room. Just thinking about that room makes me shudder and when I dream of being put
back into the room I wake up barking and scared. I'm sorry if that wakes you up but I'll adjust
Im hoping.Being with you my new family was such fun, meeting our kids every weekend
made me run around and around in circles. The screams of laughter from those kids were
almost enough to drown out the pain that came back in my dreams, almost. I was even proud
that you wanted me to meet the other animal in my new family who seemed to keep telling
me his name was meow.
 I absolutely loved that you would take me with you wherever you went. The truck rides were
a thrill as I never could see over the dash so each arrival was an adventure never knowing
where it was. Meeting all your friends and their dogs shocked me at first. Were you going to
leave me there? It was an excellent chance for me to make you proud doing dog things with
the other dogs. Having fun as they were, such great times. Watching you laugh with your
friends at our tussling made my heart burst with joy. What first family, YOU are my family I
am so proud of being your dog. Moving from home to home 3 times a year was never a
problem for me because I had you with me. Did you notice not once did I pee or crap in the
homes we lived in. Thank you for being so attuned to my needs to go outside every few
hours. At my size it is hard to hold for a loooong time and you got that. Our latest home is
perfect, close to a park, people living all around with dogs, all of us meeting  on several
occasions in the park is such a blast! Being allowed to sleep on same bad as you every night,
nice and warm and cuddly I look forward to every night.  I so adore you.
   Yes I scratch and chew at my rear end, YES i am a mix of 2 breeds and that is hard on my little
system. The new food you got from the vet helps but does not alleviate totally. I'm pretty sure
I don't have fleas or I would taste them when I'm chewing back there. Those wet things you
drop on my neck every month should prove to you I keep myself pretty tick and flea free. The
baths help because they feel so good soaking in the water. I really really do not like that
white thing you keep putting around my neck because when I itch now I can't scratch. I know
you say the vet gave you that but I have a question. This 'vet' I keep hearing about, will I ever
get to meet them? I mean they seem to have good food and a wonderful soap for baths,
maybe they have something for itches. I hope one day you will take me there to meet them
and maybe even give them back this white thing I have been wearing for almost 2 years.
Please stop getting angry at me for scratching, if I could "stop it" just like that I would. It is not
fun for me either. I know now you have no truck that taking me outside is more time taken
out of your day to walk me so what can I do to help you get another truck. Just tell me, you
know I love you so much I'd try. Going outside in the yard for five minutes just isn't the same
as the hours we used to spend out walking, sniffing, exploring new trees and rocks. When
you fall asleep in front of the TV then wake up and go straight to bed I know I'm in for a rough
night. I so want to just jump in and cuddle with you but I also SO need to go pee first. I DO
NOT want to be put in a room again by myself so I hold it. My eyes water I'm in pain but I hold
it. That whimpering you hear is me under my breath saying do not pee in the house do not pee
in the house do not pee in the house in dog talk. When you get up in the afternoon yes I
make a mad dash to the door and prance around in front of it because I need to go pee, just
like you have done 3 times since going to bed. Please do not yell at me for that I can't talk
human to tell you how bad I need to pee. Yes as soon as you open that door I'm running for
the grass and peeing long long time. NO that does not mean that just putting me in the yard
for 10 minutes is as good as a walk. Do you not remember the fun we had on those walks?
How comforting they are for both of us? I know now you're not working things are tough, but
we do get to spend way more time together, maybe sometime you can leave the computer
long enough to spend some time with me. Not much I'm not greedy let us say minimum 1
hour a day would that be too much? Giving the "chore" ( never considered going for a walk a
chore but ok) of walking me to a young teenager is probably not the best plan for us. The
shrinking schedule you and I had was better for my system then a teenagers schedule which
from what I have seen is non existing. That drag around the block by my leash (that you and I
never used) is humiliating and a little scary.
 Please my one human who used to love me start loving me again. I am so in need of that, if
you ever get stuck for months in a room by yourself you would understand why. Please take
me to your friend 'vet' with the good food and soap I so want to meet them to show them I
am a great friend just with some anxiety issues. I do love you and will always love you please
love me back. Please do not break my heart and soul like my original family tried. We are an
unstoppable team remember saying that? I do! We are! woof!
Three:
 I was not happy when you took me from my Mom and brothers and sisters. I whimpered for 3
days missing them, whining intermittently in sadness. Thank you for understanding. For  holding
me on your lap, for scratching my belly, for giving me stuffed toys to sleep with. All those things
helped me get over my sadness and embrace the pleasure of being found by my for ever
human. I do love you immensely. I still remember the fun your teen age kids, you and I had
roaming through trails and parks. We had such a happy life even though I heard you complain
about being broke I never did understand what that means.
 When the kids moved out one by one I felt your sadness, it was my sadness too. I too miss the
joy of running after the ball thrown for me by your children and the look of pleasure on their
face when I brought it back. It was the same pleasure I would see on your face if I sat when  you
said sit in my early days. The treats were tasty but I would have done so just for the smile you
would give me. I remember the sheer joy on your face when I learned the words lay down and
roll over. That day you called me when I was running after the squirrel and I stopped just before
a car went past I now realize was a life saver THANK YOU! But Yes I too miss the kids very very
much that is why I get all jumpy when they come by for a visit now. NO I am not trying to get
their clothes dirty on purpose (why anyone would think that I don't know but I have no revenge
knowledge just to be clear) I was just trying to show them how much I miss them in dog. I have
no reason to be mad at anyone and have no idea what that really means. I'm a dog! I do know
love,running, sniffing, love, chasing squirrels,digging, love, not because you taught them to me
but because that is what I do. Anger, yelling, screaming, hate, are all things I do NOT know but I
see and hear. They don't look like much fun if I'm reading your face correctly so I don't
understand why humans live those experiences so often by their own hands seemingly. I do
know that the joy you showed 8 years ago when we would go for a walk now seems to put pain
in your face and I don't understand why. If I knew what happened to change that I would try to
fix it because YOU mean everything to me. You are my life. Everything you do or feel i sense and
feel it too in a dog way. When your sad I want to make you happy. When your crying I want to
lick your tears and tell you I love you and always will. When you go away for days at a time YES i
howl. I miss you! I'm sorry I upset the neighbours doing that and if I knew another way to
express my sorrow I would do it, because I love you and do not want anyone mad at you
because of me.
 Please dear human love me the way you did when you took me from my Mom. YOU are my
Mom now and I try every day to make you proud of me. When we do go for a walk and my head
is held high it is because I am so proud to have YOU walking me! When you come home after
being away for 4 days YES all I want to do is jump in your lap, that is how we met and became a
family. By you holding in your lap to comfort me. I know I'm, 8 years older but I STILL need
comforting after 4 days of missing you. This is not something I know how to control it just is!
  Please Mom love me like you did 8 years ago, I have never lost my love for you why do I feel
you're losing yours for me? Please MOM let me love you unconditionally and please please
return that love. You ARE my best friend all I'm asking is that I be yours!
Please!

 If you see yourselves in any of the above scenarios then it is time you re evaluated your dog-
human relationship. A dog is not a trophy. A dog is not a toy. A dog is not a display of your
wealth. A dog is not for you to show your friends how big a heart you have only to be ignored in
later years. A dog is not your alarm system that can be turned on and left for days. A dog is not
a status symbol those are the trinkets on your arm.

    A dog is a LIFE. A dog is a feeling living creature that only wants to give to you its
unconditional love and greatly appreciates that love being returned. A dog is a dog period. They
have no need for many of the human emotions we surround ourselves in and with. A dog is
LOVE. No questions No judging No expectations just love. Don't they deserve the same?

  YES getting a dog sounds like a great idea but please take the time to think. A dog will be
dependant on you for its life are you dependable enough for your dog? Do you have a safe
place for you and your dog to live forever. Go to your local Animal Cruelty Prevention centre
and look at all the dogs that humans thought they could look after then found out they couldn't.
Look into their eyes and see the sadness. They do not know what they did wrong to end up
there, most of the time even their previous human is sad they are there. Do you want to be the
next one dropping off your dog there? Is that fair to the dog? Or you? Things change in our lives
making having a dog a challenge not just today but for the rest of the dogs life. Are you
prepared emotionally. physically and financially to care for a dog? These are question to ask
yourself before committing to being a dogs human.
 Please I beg of you THINK HARD before deciding that you want to share your space on this
planet with a dog. You'll thank yourself and your future best friend will thank you too, even if it
is just by licking you as much as your dog can.
LOVE your DOG! UNCONDITIONALLY! PLEASE!