I rescued a human today

That's beautiful!!! Thanks for sharing it.

You know ... I sometimes think about what *I* would have been like had it not been for Prissy those many years ago. The fact that I would have trod a very different path than the one I did just because ...

I didn't linger with co-workers at bars until the wee hours ... because she waited for me

Heck, I rarely drank **because** she had been abused by an alcoholic before I had her and she hated the smell of alcohol on MY breath.

The men I found out later were HORRIBLE, but that I did NOT date because ... Pris didn't like them.

That could go on and on ...

Some would say that story is "too anthropomorphic ... too cutsie ..." but for me?  Pris would have said much the same thing about the day I took her

they change us ... sometimes whether or not we WANT to be changed.  We have to rise to meet their needs physically and emotionally and care for them.  And it's only when we look back that we truly do realize that often it IS the dog who rescues the human. 

And the human who has been rescued sometimes realizes it and is truly humbled by it.  Other times .... it takes a writing like this to make us think about it.

Think about it folks --

 So true, Rosco was my eye-opener. I have learned so much from each of my dogs.

I wouldn't even have Rosco if my roomate's boyfriend hadn't pointed him out. I was too busy playing with a Rottie I knew I couldn't adopt because she was too big (per my lease agreement).

That boyfriend is out of my friend's life and he turned out to be a real loser, but I will forever be grateful that he said, "hey look at this guy." 

This is so true, I do tend to forget that when I tell people Hot and Rock are rescues,  it is really Ron and I that were rescued from our sorrow of the loss of Shadow.    They are not our first rescues but all the others before them prepared us for the "correct" way of caring for our furr babies.

Thank you for reminding me what a true gift each of my rescues has been. Gracie, my geriatric one, has truly been a life saver. I have a pillow that says "Lord, please help me be the person that my dog thinks I am."

Agnes

Amen to that.

I've learned so much from Shadow. about animals in general, dogs in particular, and about humans, too. The same principles I use to interact with him work with humans. You would be surprised how many humans never hear a "good job" and when you say it, it grabs their attention and they step taller and begin to think and become productive. All because I caught them doing well and pointed it out.

I am a better human because of Shadow. I'm not perfect and I still have bad days but step by step, inch by inch, I get a little better. As I used to say (it was in my sig for a while), I aspire to the nobility of a dog.

yes, i absolutely believe moca and jason rescued me! they came into my life when i was depressed and lonely. i would drink myself to sleep every night, simply because i was feeling so damn rotten and had been like that for months. it was after a bad breakup, that i had been afraid of for a long time. now i am not afraid to step up and do what's right. i have them to keep me going! not to mention how they taught me so much! i was the most spoiled and irresponsible kid ever. they taught me about commitment and responsibility and unconditional love!!