My Life at the End of a Chain by Leslie Phillips It is so cold this morning, the wind is blowing. I heard my people say that is was minus 20 degrees this morning with the wind chill. I am wishing that just once someone would let me in the house to get warm. But no one comes. If they put a door on my house to keep the wind out, that would be nice. My water is frozen, and I haven’t had food for days. This is my life at the end of a chain. I watched this morning as the cute puppy was brought out of the warm house and ran around the yard with no cares in the world. I looked at the boy who was running around the yard with the puppy, begging him to come play with me. He did not even see me. He was having too much fun with the puppy. This is my life at the end of a chain. I wonder what it would be like to be in the warm house, snuggled up on the couch, not to be shivering out here in the cold. Please won’t some come let me in and get warm? I am so cold. Does anyone even know I am out here? This is my life at the end of a chain. The weather has warmed some, but I am still not getting any attention. The little girl gave me food water this morning, but did not even speak my name or pet me. Why do I have to live life this way? What did I do to deserve this kind of life? I am a good dog; all I want to be is loved. Such is my life at the end of a chain. This morning, I am looking at the neighbor’s dog. It is a cute little Chihuahua mix. His mommy seems to love him very much. He has a big fenced in back yard and is allowed to run around, free of any tether. How I wish I was him! I would love to be free, to see what there is in this big world. His mommy plays with him and calls him by name. I don’t know if I even have a name, no one calls me. This is my life at the end of a chain. There has to be more to life than what I see. It was over ninth degrees yesterday. I was so hot! There was no water to drink, and I got my chain tangled around my dog house and could not move. The sun was beating down on me, and I got so hot. I felt like this was going to be my last day on this earth. This is my life at the end of a chain. The man of the house came out and scolded me for getting tangled up. What a stupid dog! Bad Dog! If you get like this again, you can just stay that way, as far as I care. Why am I not loved? I am a good dog; I just want to be loved! This is my life at the end of a chain. The puppy came out to play in his back yard today; I am so wishing that I could play with him. Just to be able to run around with him nipping at my heels would be so much fun. His people love him, hold him, hug him and let him give them kisses on their faces. So fun, I want to do have fun too. Such is my life at the end of a chain. I have been chained up for years, never knowing what it is like to run free. I have never seen the inside of a house, since I was a small puppy. I used to have fun with the children, they hugged my neck. The family moved, and left me with the new people who moved into the house. They did not want a house dog, so I have spent the last 12 years outside, at the end of a chain. I am tired, cold, wet and just want to go to sleep forever. Surely there is a place for dog to go when they don’t wake up. This is my life at the end of a chain. Today I grow weary, and it is so cold. The temperature is freezing, and I have no more fight in me. I am ready to die. Dear God, please let there be a place in doggy heaven for me. Please let there be a child, a family in heaven who will play with me, who will feed me, who will give me fresh water every day. Please let there be someone to play with me, to throw a ball and let me chase it. Please let there be someone to play tug of war with. Please let there be hugs around my neck. Please let there be someone who will love my kisses on their cheeks. Please let me come home where there are couches for me to lay on, where there is a big back yard to run in. Please let this be my last day on the end of a chain. Thank you God! THE END! I wrote this as a way to hopefully get the attention of people who keep their dogs tied up all the time. Hopefully it will open their eyes and get their dogs better conditions. I have seen dogs chained to a dog house or a tree in their yards and never see anything but life at the end of a chain. I pray that if someone reads this and they have their dog chained up that this will change their minds about their dogs and set them free. Put up a fence, so they can run and play freely. Teach your children that their dogs are God’s Creatures and that he loves them. Don’t keep them chained. Give them fresh food and water daily. It makes me sad when I see animals treated poorly. They deserve better.
Posted on: Sat, 18 Jan 2014 20:50:02 +0000
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