[PyrNet-L] Fw: Old Show Dog Poem

["Barb Bowes" <bamb@monmouth.com>]

Thought all you "show" people out there might appreciate this.
Get out the tissues though! This was sent to me by a friend.

Barb Bowes
Bo, Molly, Chelsea (Pyrs) & Flopsy (Pyr Shep)
The more people I meet, the more I like my dog!
bamb@monmouth.com

> THE OLD SHOW DOG
>
> by Cindy L. Williams
>
> He was a real nice show dog, but his glory days are through,
> And he gazes out the kennel gate, with nothing much to do.
> They're loading up the van now, 'cause they're going to a show,
> But his showing days are over, and he doesn't get to go.
> He watches, tail a waggin', his eyes as bright as they can get,
> As his crate goes in he wonders why they haven't bathed him
yet.
> Then your eyes meet through the kennel fence, and you have to
look away,
> How are you going to tell him that he's staying home today?
> Retirement, they call it, now he's in his 'golden years.'
> He doesn't look as old, though, when your eyes are full of
tears.
> And you think of all the rosettes, and the Best in Show he won,
> The more he showed, the better he got, and then he had a son...
> And so now for the first time, you are leaving him behind,
> And trying to convince yourself he doesn't really mind.
> He sees the younger dog get in, and he's looking pretty low,
> But there isn't time to cheer him up, you really have to go.
> 'Be a good boy, old dog, this time you have to stay!'
> He doesn't bark or climb the fence, he simply looks away.
> Just like a nice old show dog, whose glory days are through,
> He gazes out the kennel gate, with nothing much to do.
> Yes, he used to be a show dog, but the glory doesn't last
> And he's gazing out the kennel gate, remembering the past.
>