05/15/2026
From :
"A few years ago I was sitting in an office with an old veterinarian who was about to retire and he told me he’d been thinking about something. He said, “People have asked me many times why I think God gave us companions like dogs and cats that only live ten years or so. I’ve been thinking about that for 50 years and I think I know the answer... I think it’s because when we choose to live with dogs we choose to witness all the stages of our own life in shorter time span. We see puppies become adults and do dumb things and get into trouble. We see them energetic and healthy in their prime. And then, like us, our dogs get old and they slow down and they die. But we witness it all in this snapshot of life that, if we’re lucky, helps us appreciate what life means for us too. Maybe that’s the gift, maybe they teach us how to do life better since we’re doing it in slow motion compared to them.”
Maybe. ❤️
Life is hard. Dogs help."
