Bang250, Copy of JUJU's poem

[Pabooger]

Received this awhile back from JUJU, Ma thought you might like it!!

It’s been sometime since she’s been gone
It happened unexpectedly
I buried her out in the backyard
It’s a place she loved to be

Some people cast me funny looks
As I regal her tale
It was just a dog they say to me
I just smile and say “Oh Well”

For you see she was oh so much more
Than “just a dog” to me
She was a friend, a confidante
And more that some can’t see

She was always there to greet me
Always standing by the door
Her tail was just a wagging
Swirling dust around the floor

Her head held high and ears perked up
A seeming smile upon her face
Yes I know that dogs can’t smile
But it looked so that time and place

She would lie upon the floor
And always at my feet
If I got up then she did too
Sort of a doggie meet and greet

She would sit in the passenger seat
Of my old Mazda truck
She rode that way when her time came
Man, did that day really suck

I remember her as a puppy
I got her from the pound
Looked like a little hairball
With 4 little feet upon the ground

I took her and home and turned her loose
Let her find her way around
She jumped right on my brand new couch
And promptly laid right down


She looked at me as if to say
I think I’ll like this place
When I bent over to remove her
She licked me in the face

I let her in the backyard
Not large but fenced around
I don’t think she had ever been outside
As she just stood without a sound

But not for long as I was soon to see
She took off like missile
Running around and marking trees
Yet came back when I did whistle

If I was working late at night
Or home during the day
She always knew when it was quitting time
For that’s when she would want to play

Tug of war with an old sock
Or fetch with a tennis ball
Me chasing her or her chasing me
She loved to play them all

If I got upset or worried some bout work or life et all,
She always knew some how, some way
Next thing I know she’s next to me
Wagging her tail as if to say, “Its ok”

She lived with me or I with her
For 13 years almost to the day
A finer friend or more loved one
Has never come my way

She had a good life, at least I hope
Went everywhere with me
The mountains, snow and deserts
Even swam in both our Seas

Got to fly on airplanes
She went camping with me too
She drove cross country not once but twice
Not something all dogs get to do


She always was an indoor dog
Even had her own special bed
But across my lap was the favorite place
She liked to lay her head


We had a bond people cannot share
A trust that was complete
I miss her so when I look down
And she’s not lying at my feet

It started oh so innocently
Just another trip down to the vet
I remember it was raining then
And we both got soaking wet


She had never shown discomfort
Or any other reasons to worry at all
So when the vet said “We need to talk”
You could have heard a pin fall

He said your dog has cancer
There is nothing we can do
I asked how long does my friend have
A few weeks, a month, or maybe more, it’s really up to you

I took her home, I don’t know how
As I could not see through my tears
As usual she lay at my feet
As I reflected on our years

I spent a fortune on medicine
Which I gave her every day
Then when I went to bed each night
I tried not to let her hear me pray

The vet said that I would know
And it turns out he was right
Perhaps I waited a little too long
But I just wanted one more night

One more day to have her there
Just lying on the floor
Or another drive in my old truck
Another day, Please just one more

I awoke one morning
To find her fast asleep
Not even the inducement of a ride
Could get her on her feet

She looked at me with those big dark eyes
As if to say my time as come
She licked my hand as I reached down
I think it meant, “Don’t worry, it’s been fun”

I picked her up as she could not walk
And put her next to me
One last ride we got to take
That’s how it had to be


I placed her on the table
In the Vets office that day
She placed her head upon my lap
And quietly passed away

I sat there with her for some time
Just he and I alone
I thought of what I had just lost
My heart breaking as we went home

I put her on the couch
That she had claimed on that first day
I prepared her final resting place
Where for eternity she would stay

I didn’t mark the spot
There is no need you see
For you see I will always know
Where I buried my Baby

So now I look at pictures
And reminisce through the tears
I smile sometimes, can’t help it
As I think about the years

Yes we had a good run
Not long enough for me
But I know that I was fortunate
To have had a dog like my Baby

For a dog so unlike people
Loves you unconditionally
They are always glad to see you
And react so cheerfully

Does not matter if you are rich or poor
Or fat and ugly too
Big fancy house or Trailer park
A dog loves you just for you

Some folks drink booze or take Valium
To help them forge ahead
The best medicine I have ever had
Is to pet a good dogs head


I know my baby’s somewhere
That right now I cannot be
I know that she is waiting
And someday will greet me

Until that day it comes for me
That day I meet my end
I know god has a special place
For those we mortals call Mans best Friend

I miss my Baby; it’s been 2 years
Best damn dog a man could ever have

JuJu(crying this evening)

[bang250]

Hard to read through the clouded eyes,, but thank you. Very nice poem


Rich (the very,very sad)

[HappyNanoq]

I'm a swimmin' here too....

Read it before.. it's good stuff.

[jjmitchell60]

Yep, me too!

As I read it I had a paw scratch me so I could reach down and pet my blue healer who is at my feet where she is many a night as I browse the net. She got some extra petting tonight!

[Marlin]

Good reading, Pa.

Thanks.