My Dog

My dog is not a manly dog, she’s my dog just the same A manly dog rides in a truck and retrieves the hunted game My dog, she is a lady dog… when we got her she was small A little puff of fluffy fur… all wrapped up in a ball! They told us she would stay that way, but her waistline it went south! Everything that hits the floor just ends up in her mouth! A cookie here and a cracker there now she’s a butterball. And when she steps up on the scale, the Vet’s face says it all! I love the Pit Bulls’ bully grin I love the Labrador I love the Husky’s arrogance And Sheep Dogs even more But none of them would last a day In my Dutch wife’s clean abode But Mollie she has passed the test and has never hit the road I sure don’t feel real manly when I take her for a walk The neighbors they just kind of grin But deep inside they mock “That big ol’ guy; that little dog”… I feel like such a sap! Mollie really does belong asleep on Grandma’s lap! Now she’s getting on in years her jump is not so high She really hates to get her bath when soap gets in her eye The day will come when Mollie dies and yes I’ll get choked up Remembering my little puff who once was just a pup! David Kettler March 23rd 2011