Still a Good Ol’ Dog

May 15, 2011 at 4:14 pm · Filed under Good stuff, Poems ·Tagged Be Still…. and know that I am God, can't hear, Charles L. Mashburn, children, Dockers, dockers loved to chase cats, Dockers the dog, family, funny, good old days, HSe only caught one cat and that was enough, humor, laughter, losing her sight, my dog helped me pull weeds, old dog, Pennies From Heaven, pulling weeds dandelions, pulling weeds with the dog, story, writer

Our little old dog Dockers is a special little critter. She’s smart as whip, and has brought us much joy. But she’s getting pretty old—sixteen, I think—and won’t be with us forever. I’ve put some of the poems and stories I’ve previously posted about her at the bottom of this post. But first, here’s a poem I wrote about her this morning. The new poem is kind of tongue-in-cheek-humorous, but a little sad, too. Smile; there’ll be time enough for sadness later on.

Still a Good Ol’ Dog

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Ain’t no need to call the dog

She cain’t hear you anymore

She’s got old and lost her hearin’

Don’t know what your shoutin’ for

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Yep, she’s old and slowin down

Don’t do much these days but sleep

Used to bark and give us warnings

Now she hardly earns her keep

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No don’t jump and wave your arms

She won’t pay you any mind

She used to just ignore you

Now the poor dog’s nearly blind

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But her appetite’s still good

Though she’s now a picky eater

She’ll eat purt near anything

Long as you eat what you feed her

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Yep, she’s still a good ol’ dog

Though she’s cranky and she’s stubborn

And I’ll be sad when she is gone

But, I don’t think I’ll get a nuthern

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Copyright © 2011 C. Mashburn

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