THE PUPPIES RESCUE

I was having my car serviced not long ago and a lady walked up carrying a puppy so cute (aren’t they all) that I was picturing it in K-9 Town, frolicking with those naughty puppies.  I had to go over to her.

Her name was Temple and she was quite an interesting person.  She had recently adopted her puppy Jericho and they were on their first trek to a children’s soccer game.  I found out that this lady expresses her creative side by photographing cats and dogs at Dinwiddie Animal Shelter (Richmond area).  She gives names and writes a little bio for each one, then posts them on petfinder.com to help them find homes.  Every dog has a story Temple says. The lovable abandoned boxer Augie, found with a bullet wound through his thigh, sweet aussie shepherd Shannon whose biggest crime was chasing chickens, mastiff named Galiath, the gentle giant or timid pit bull with ripped off ear Oogie, and so on.

Temple tells their story, her way. I couldn’t help telling just a little, my way. I’m proud to have met her. If you’d like to find out more about Temple and Jericho they’d love to have you visit them at www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.2546581518904.92418.1684780446&type=3&l=86664add20.

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This has me thinking about K-9 Town and the latest news I’ve been able to get out of Omar Blue.  He’s so tight lipped, but he loves letting me know about the K-9 Town puppies.  You may remember Sookie and Mookie from earlier “tell alls.”  Well….they’ve had a baby boy and as with the puppies, he has a mind of his own. 

THE PUPPYS RESCUE

They were resting under The Big Oak Tree

After running wild most of the day

Trying to understand what “rescue” meant

Before going back to play.

They knew their new friends had been “rescued”

From a place that treated them mean

When the Elders came back they were saying

“We put on one heck of a scene!"

As they sat they started to wonder

Why didn’t they teach us this too

They couldn’t think of a reason

So decided they’d rescue something too.

Almost like magic, what would appear

Baby Dukie the potbelly pig

Mad at his parents Sookie and Mookie

For not letting him eat that fig.

Don’t worry said puppy leaders Le, Li and Lu

We know what we have to do

Sookie and Mookie shouldn’t be mean

We’re gonna rescue you.

You can live with us

We never fuss

We eat and play all day

If Sookie and Mookie come for you

We’ll just chase them away.

Dukie thought for a moment

All this sounded good

Cause Mookie and Sookie

Didn’t treat him like they should.

He’d stay with the puppies

At least for a while

Until they missed him

That would change their style.

But at the end of the day tired and beat

Reality finally struck

They had to hide their new family member

But knew they would have no such luck.

Then little black Speedy

The first to speak up

" Dukie can sleep with us

Ma and pa will be out late

There will be no one there to fuss."

Meanwhile as the Elders looked on

At the puppies big rescue

Sookie and Mookie, potbelly pigs

Were watching the little ones too.

It was getting late

Time for Dukie to leave

Though they were so cute while asleep.

They picked Dukie up

Ever so gently

He cuddled not making a peep.

Goodbye Omar Blue and our K-9 Town friends

Thanks for keeping our Dukie with you

It’s all been so funny

To bad they must learn

There’s a lot more to a rescue.