07/12/2023
A Reputable Breederās Poem
Youāll love your little puppy, sheāll make your house a home.
Sheāll be your very best friend, youāll never feel alone.
Sheāll make you smile, sheāll make you laugh,
Sheāll fill your heart with loveā¦ā¦.
Did she come from a breeder or did she fall from heaven above?
If youāve never been a breeder or seen life through their eyes
as you hold your little puppy, please donāt criticize.
You donāt know of all the anguish and the times that bring such pain.
When we lose the battle with a little one and the tears flow like rain.
Sometimes we sit the whole night through waiting for babies to be born.
Oh the stress and trepidation when theyāre still not here by dawn.
Or the panic of holding a tiny baby in our hands who weighs but 60 grams
Do I do this instead of that or that instead of this?
Alone we fight and hope we wonāt give him his last little kiss.
We pray heāll live to bring some joy and make a house a home
We know itās up to us and we fight this fight alone.
Formula, bottles, heating pads, we have to get it right
Two hour feedings for this tiny guy throughout the day and night.
In our hearts we know we are probably going to lose this epic fight
but we keep trying to save him because God willing we just might.
Day one heās in there fighting; we say a silent prayer
Day two & three heās doing well, with lots of love and care
Day four & fiveā¦..heās still alive, our hopes soar to Heaven
Day six he slips away again, dies in our hands day seven.
We take this little angel and bury him alone:
With aching heart and burning tears and an exhausted groan
We ask ourselves āWhy do this? Why suffer all this grief & pain?
To help them live to grow up strong and see the joy your puppy brings ā this self explains.
So when you think of breeders and label them with āGREEDā,
If you have a happy & healthy puppy itās cause they filled his every need.
When you buy a puppy, and with your precious dollars part,
You only pay with money ā¦ we pay with a piece of our heart.
āAuthor Unknown
