Garden of your heart

The joys of having one dog!

Okay, so I have been sad about putting our two dogs down.  Now I want to focus on the fun and wonderful joyful things of having one dog!

1.  Not so much dog hair in the house!  I am vacuuming today and there is just so much dog hair.  One of the dogs that we put down shed all the time.  Now....I didn't mind, because he was my precious boy, but this will be nice and much easier to keep my house clean with only one dog that is easier to keep her shedding to a minimum.

2.  Not tripping on three dogs when I need to get up in the middle of the night to go to the bathroom.  They all slept near my side of the bed. 

3.  We get to take  our one dog on trips to PetsMart, the park, for a drive, etc.  because it is only one large dog instead of three large dogs in our small Honda Civic.  

4.  Dog Food!  We always stayed stocked up on dog food since we order it through a co-op and didn't want to run out.  Well....now I have at least 5 months worth of dog food stored up.  Going from 3 BIG dogs to one will save us over $50.00 a month in dog food alone!    WOW!

5.  Being able to give the one dog as much attention as we wants.  She loves to be loved on and cuddled with.  She often sleep in bed with us....especially during winter when it is cold. 

6.  I will get more exercise as I want to get our one dog out more, so I will take her on walks in our neighborhood.  She loves it!  :)

7.  When company comes, it won't be quite so overwhelming.  They used to have 3 dogs run to give them kisses......it was overwhelming for some people! 

8.  Really, the financial aspects is where it will help the most.  Especially since we had one dog who had chronic health issues that involved lots of medicines.  So, when prices are going up, our expenses are going down, so hopefully that will break even!  :)

WE MISS OUR BABIES SO MUCH!  But, you know what?  We are just thanking God that he made dogs so that we can have great companions, protection, etc.  They are truly a special gift to us!  We treasure the time we had with our 2 furbabies who are now gone, but appreciate our sweet furbaby that we can spend more time with now! 

Okay.....that's the last post just focusing on our dogs.  God has been good to us, given us strength, peace and comfort and our perspective is good!  :)  We are keeping our eyes on Jesus!

One dog

04:47, Saturday, August 30, 2008 .. Posted by smmagers

Having only one dog will save you money and you will have less hair to pick up. I pick up killer dust bunnies every day from my critters. I read your post earlier about all the support God gave you on such a hard day. God Bless, mj