Here I post about my knitting, my dogs, my garden and other things that keep me busy.
Hundgestrickt is a word that I invented combining the German words for "dog" and for "knit" making it similar to "handgestrickt" for handknit (think of "houndknit") as that's what this blog is mostly about :-)
by vet Peter Jackson Published in an ‘Anthology of Poetry By Veterinary Surgeons’
Yes, they have left him, No, there’s naught to do- Save let him out of life the gentle way; For wear of body tissues past repair Is that hard price so many years must pay.
Yes, I’ve known him since he was a pup, Vaccinated him long years ago And treated him a score of times since then- Somehow its fitting I should let him go. He trusts me and holds up a paw unasked: “One needle more, old friend-the best and last” Thus to put off the weariness of pain- Slip soft from sleep to silence, suffering past.
Do animals have souls, you ask of me? No, not as humans do in their degree, But loved and loving beasts, the wise agree, By body’s death could never cease to be!
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youve lost your doggie tina? I am so sorry, i know how painful it is to lose a pet. hope you are ok.
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Tina this poem may bring you some comfort....
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by vet Peter Jackson
Published in an ‘Anthology of Poetry By Veterinary Surgeons’
Yes, they have left him,
No, there’s naught to do-
Save let him out of life the gentle way;
For wear of body tissues past repair
Is that hard price so many years must pay.
Yes, I’ve known him since he was a pup,
Vaccinated him long years ago
And treated him a score of times since then-
Somehow its fitting I should let him go.
He trusts me and holds up a paw unasked:
“One needle more, old friend-the best and last”
Thus to put off the weariness of pain-
Slip soft from sleep to silence, suffering past.
Do animals have souls, you ask of me?
No, not as humans do in their degree,
But loved and loving beasts, the wise agree,
By body’s death could never cease to be!
I'm so sorry you lost your Josy!
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