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The picture below is of everyone who came on the 1st of my Sunday Saunter's held at Saltram House in Plymouth. Thats me 2nd left with my mum
 This is Murphy one of the helpers at Hillview. He's a really chilled out geezer |  This is Winnie who helps at Hillview with Murphy. Kinda cute don't you think. |
Below I have put two poems which I thought were rather nice.
I DIDN'T REALLY WANT YOU, WASN'T REALLY SURE, AND I'LL ADMIT I HAD MY DOUBTS, WHEN YOU CAME THROUGH THAT DOOR.
NOT SMALL, OR CUTE, OR FLUFFY, WITH BIG SOFT PUPPY EYES, BUT TALL, AND THIN, AND BONY, WITH BALD, PINK, BULGING THIGHS.
YOU WEREN'T THE KIND I HAD IN MIND, NOT IN ANY WAY, “PERHAPS IT WOULD BE BETTER IF I TOOK YOU BACK TODAY, BEFORE WE KNOW EACH OTHER, IT REALLY WON'T BE KIND, TO KEEP YOU HERE FOR ONE MORE DAY, AND THEN TO CHANGE MY MIND.”
BUT AGAINST MY BETTER JUDGMENT, I DECIDED YOU COULD STAY, AND QUICKLY I DISCOVERED YOU WERE KIND IN EVERY WAY, YOUR GENTLENESS AND PATIENCE, THEY REALLY STOLE THE SHOW, “WHY THESE DOGS ARE WONDERFUL, I MUST LET OTHERS KNOW!”
FOR YOU'RE MY GENTLE GIANT, WHO JUST NEEDED THE CHANCE, TO SHOW US ALL WHAT YOU COULD BE, TO WIPE AWAY THAT HISTORY, AND DISPEL OUR PRECONCEPTIONS, WHICH PUT US ALL TO SHAME, AND SO WE COME TO KNOW AND LOVE, WHAT LIES BENEATH THAT FRAME.
AND NOW I'VE COME TO UNDERSTAND, WHAT I MISSED RIGHT AT THE START, THAT GREYHOUNDS NEED THAT BIG DEEP CHEST, TO HOUSE THEIR GENEROUS HEART. Written by Denise Dubarbier for her own greyhound who impressed her with his loving and gentle nature that I wanted to share this discovery with everyone.
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COME THE DAY
COME THE DAY I TAKE THAT FINAL CAN I COUNT ON YOU TO BE A FRIEND? TO SEE I'M TREATED JUST AND FAIR, IT MEANS SO MUCH TO KNOW YOU CARE.
FOR WHAT THE FUTURE HOLDS IN STORE, NOW THAT I CAN RACE NO MORE, SHOULD BE ADDRESSED FOR EVERY HOUND, WHO PARTS THE PUNTER FROM HIS POUND.
TELL THEM I DON,T ASK FOR MUCH, A KINDLY WORD, A GENTLE TOUCH, SOMEWHERE WARM TO LAY MY HEAD, A MEAL EACH DAY TO KEEP ME FED, NOT JUST LIFE – BUT QUALITY, THIS IS HOW IT AUGHT TO BE.
DO NOT SEE ME SWEPT AWAY, I LONG TO LIVE ANOTHER DAY, WITH PEACE OF MIND, TRANQUILITY, AND THOSE WHO CARE SURROUNDING ME, SO TELL THEM ALL – YOU HAVE THAT CHOICE, I BEG OF YOU TO BE MY VOICE. Written by Denise Dubarbier
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