milestone post - the lessons of a life spent among dogs

it would be nice to have some pics in here...

anyways I've been holding off on this one

trying to wait until my birthday to make the one thousandth post here

and I wanted to be deep and profound

reflective of the wisdom gleaned

over fifty two years

well good luck with that

as if I had a chance

I had no idea what to blog about

I pondered my arthritic fingers and how 

they're causing me problems when I plane

or that one got am split 

that gives you fits from beginning to end

then I met a dog

a pit bull pup and a handsome sonuvagun

and I realized how much of my life I've spent

in the company of dogs

at times an awful lot of them

all the litters of puppies whoa...

I have one dog now and have had him the past nine years I guess

before that mr. t and I shared fifteen glorious years together

holy smokes in college there were bailey and bonnie and buddy 

mr t's running buddies and partners in crime up in flagstaff

prior to that were my restless years I suppose

I had dogs here and there

none really notable

we grew up raising irish setters - show dogs

I can't even begin to remember all those dogs

the family dogs though

catlin finn maura chara

usually a couple three pups as well

my first job as a teenager

back in wisconsin

was as kennel boy at a black lab kennel

fed the dogs cleaned the shit just like at home

weekends we went out and trained these magnificent dogs

for field trials

in wooded pastures and ponds marshes where ever

those weekends were fun plus we got tipped

not sure what the lesson is
perhaps it's in the blessings we've been to one another
our whole lives