Tail Talk

Vinson has been with us for two weeks now, and I have to say adding a fourth to our bevy of bubs was the best decision we ever made. Action Jackson and Vinson spend hours upon hours outside, tumbling around the yard like six year olds used to do in the days before computers and video games. We are surrounded by the funniest personalities I’ve ever known in my lengthy lifetime and I can’t believe my good fortune to be living this life. If you’d like to see pictures of the Tail Talk bevy of bubs that I write about every week you can see them in a collage of photos I put on www.TailTalk.org. If you have never adopted a shelter dog I can’t stress enough that you will be blessed beyond your ability to imagine when you open yourself up to the love they bring into your life. I came across the following creed that spells out where you need to be in your heart before you adopt an animal into your life: “A Rescuers Creed by Susan M.Pearson I shall be a believer of all that is good in man and of all that is deserving in animals. I shall plead for their lives, campaign for their safety and uphold their right to a natural death. I shall seek out the injured and the maimed, the unloved, and the abandoned and tend to them in their last days. I shall not forget their place in the hierarchy of life, nor that we walk in each other’s paths. I shall bear witness to the wonder they bring into our lives and to the beauty they bestow upon our souls. I shall renew their spirits when they are waning, bind their wounds when they bleed, cradle them when they whimper, and comfort them when they mourn. I shall be near them in their hour of greatest need – a companion and friend when the time has come. I shall watch over them and console them and ask that the angels gather them in their arms. From the creatures of the earth I shall learn the fruits of compassion and undying love, and I shall be called the beloved of God. In their company I shall indeed be blessed.” If you think you are there then quit procrastinating and call the shelter today. And never forget, it is only through you that the Randolph County Humane Society continues to save lives, one by one.