When a person who has given tirelessly and made it their life's work to
save and succor abandoned aminals and find them happy homes comes to the
bridge, first one animal will stop and look into the distance, then more
and more willl look up and watch. For this is a person all the
animals know about. As they have waited for their loved one(s), they have
told the story of their rescue from loneliness, neglect and impending death,
and the wonderful people who helped them until a special
loved one could be found. O special friend of animals, you have been spotted,
and all the dogs and other animal friends will run over thefields to thank
the person who has enabled so many to have had good lives and memories.
Then, will they all walk to the gate of St. Peter and
say, "This is a person whose name is surely entered on the roll once for
each of us whose life was changed." Then those
friends who will be forever together step forward and, to the sound of
great rejoicing from all the animals,
cross the bridge together.
A DOG'S BILL OF RIGHTS.
1. I have the right to give and receive unconditional love.
2. I have the right to a life that is beyond mere survival.
3. I have the right to be trained so that I do not become the prisoner of my misbehavior.
4. I have the right to adequate food and medical care.
5. I have the right to fresh air and green grass.
6. I have the right to socialize with people and dogs outside my own family.
7. I have the right to special time with my people.
8. I have the right to be bred responsibly, if at all.
9. I have the right to be foolish and silly, and to make my person laugh.
10. I have the right to earn my person's trust and to be trusted in return.
11. I have the right to be forgiven.
12. I have the right to die with dignity.
13. I have the right to be remembered well.