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A Breeder's Poem

I love my little puppy, she makes my house a home
She is my very sweetest little friend: I never feel alone.
She makes me smile, she makes me laugh, she fills my heart with love
Did some person breed her or did she fall from above?

I've never been a breeder, never seen life through their eyes
I hold my little puppy and just sit and criticize.
I've never known their anguish, I've never felt their pain
The caring of their charges, through snow or wind or rain.

I've never waited the whole night through, for babies to be born
The stress and trepidation when they're still not there by morn.
The weight of responsibility for this body in my hands
This darling little baby, who weighs but 60 grams.

Should you do that instead of this....or maybe that was wrong?
Alone you fight and hope, one day, he'll grow up proud and strong.
You pray he'll live to bring great joy to someone else's home
You know it's all just up to you, you'll fight the fight alone.

Formula, bottles, heating pads, you've got to get this right
Two hour feedings for this tiny guy, throughout the day and night.
Within your heart you dread that you will surely lose this fight
To save this little baby, but God willing...you just might.

Day one, he's in their fighting, you say a silent prayer
Day two and three, he's doing well, with lots of love and care.
Day four and five...he's still alive, your hopes soar to the heavens
Day six he slips away again and dies in your hands on day seven.

You take this little angel and bury him alone
With aching heart and burning tears and an exhausted groan.
You ask yourself, "Why do this?  Why suffer through this pain?"
Yet watch the joy your puppies bring, and everything's explained.

So, when you think of breeders and label then with Greed
Think of all that they endure to fill another's need.
For when you buy a puppy with your precious dollars part
You only pay with money...while they pay with all their heart.
Author Unknown