Everyone needs a dog!

I miss my dog.

I really miss my dog.

There's an advert on Qld tele which shows a dude getting home. Teenagers don't even look up. No one gives a shit. And then his dog jumps on him, happy as.

I really miss my dog.

He was a beautiful staffy/kelpie/lab cross.

He was smart, and he only ever wanted to do the right thing.

One day, a dude saw us playing in the park. My dog's toy had bounced onto the road and instead of chasing it, he had sat, without being told.

Turns out the dude watching trained police dogs for a living. He said "How did you teach him that? I try and I try, but I can't teach a dog to sit instead of walking onto a road - especially if he's in mid chase!"

So yes, he was smart, but I think most of all, he just wanted to do the right thing. All the time.

In this photo you can see the skin cancer in his mouth that eventually killed him.

One of the worst aspects of that, is that my daughter only remembers her 'big brother' as an older dog, fit, but slow.

The twinkle in his eye was still there when he heard the word 'walk', but he soon lost the spring in his step...

Maybe it's time. Maybe.

'Cause everyone needs a dog. Especially little kids, and their fathers who will one day be ignored when they get home from work.

Yep. Everyone needs a dog.

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Photo by @drwom

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