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One Dog at a Time...
Introducing
Ben and Roxy
Dog's Best Friend's
Dogs of the Month
May and June
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the Month and much, much more
by reading Dog's Best
Friend's Newsletters

DBF May 2009 Newsletter
DBF June 2009 Newsletter
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Ben and Roxy are two of
our dearest Friends.
They are quite a duo with personalities
that couldn't be more different
from one another.

Roxy, ever the sweet gal, loves to lounge
and cuddle in her Mom's nice, warm bed.
Her lovely white fur, blending in
with the white down
the rest of the world.
When we arrive to visit, she
gracefully greets us,
Her tenderness melts our hearts.

Playful Ben, wiggles his way down
the stairs, happy to share
his plush toy with us as we
leash him up for his outdoor
adventure. The whole world
is magnificent to Ben.
He relishes every smell he can
take in and lets the world know,
"Ben was here."

These two rascals are such great
gifts to us. We've enjoyed the years
that we've spent with them and look
forward to many, many more.

Congratulations, Ben and Roxy,
you're our Dogs of the Month for
May and June.


"A dog has lots of friends because
he wags his tail and not his tongue." ~
Anonymous
Looking for a Home

by Arlene Pace

Once I was a lonely dog,
Just looking for a home.
I had no place to go,
No one to call my own.
I wandered up and down the streets,
in rain in heat and snow.
I ate what ever I could find,
I was always on the go.
My skin would itch, my feet were sore,
My body ached with pain.
And no one stopped to give a pat
Or to gently say my name.
I never saw a loving glance,
I was always on the run.
For people thought that hurting me
was really lots of fun.
And then one day I heard a voice
And arms so soft reached down to me
And took me off my feet.
"No one again will hurt you"
was whispered in my ear.
"You'll have a home to call your own
where you will know no fear."
"You will be dry, you will be warm,
you'll have enough to eat
And rest assured that when you sleep,
your dreams will all be sweet."
I was afraid I must admit,
I've lived so long in fear.
I can't remember when I let
A human come so near.
And as she tended to my wounds
And bathed and brushed my fur
She told me 'bout the rescue group
And what it meant to her.
She said, "We are a circle,
A line that never ends.
And in the center there is you
protected by new friends."
"And all around you are
the ones that check the pounds,
And those  share their home
after you've been found."
"And all the other folk
To find the perfect home for you,
where you can be a star."
She said, "There is a family,
that's waiting patiently,
and pretty soon we'll find them,
just you wait and see."
"And then they'll join our circle
they'll help to make it grow,
so there'll be room for more like you,
who have no place to go."
I waited very patiently,
The days they came and went.
my family will be sent.
Then just when I began to think
It wasn't meant to be,
there were people standing there
just gazing down at me.
I knew them in a heart beat,
I could tell they felt it too.
They said, "We have been waiting
for a special dog like you."
Now every night I say a prayer
to all the gods that be.
"Thank you for the life I live
and all you've given me.
But most of all protect the dogs
in the pound and on the street.
And send a Rescue Person
to lift them off their feet.
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