The Bark Stops Here

What’s up with all these humans making New Year’s resolutions? Seriously, it’s April and most humans didn’t keep their promise through February. What’s the point of making promises you don’t intend to keep? I love humans. My best friend is a human but that doesn’t mean I always understand them.

A dog makes a promise – they keep it. We promise to love you. We do. We promise to be loyal to you. We are. We promise to greet you with a happy demeanor when you come home. We will.

It’s bad enough that humans fail to keep their promises to each other but hardly any of you keep the promises you make to yourself?!?@#! It’s perplexing that people think so little of themselves that they tend to make the most important promises only once a year (New Year’s) knowing they probably won’t honor the promises. I mean do you guys even think about what resolution means?

Resolution (noun): a firm decision to do something; firmness of mind or purpose. Resolve, at the heart of the word, is a verb, you know, an ACTION word. So, as I love to say, shut the bark up and ACT people! When you have resolve, you come to a firm decision about something. Example: I resolve to quit smoking. (Why would you start such a nasty smelling habit anyway?) This means you don’t talk about quitting. You quit.

And what’s up with all the excuses you use? I’m too busy, I’m too broke, I’m too clueless (for sure), I’m too… You finish the sentence. Take your excuses and flush them down the toilet.

With a dog, in regards to promises, the bark stops here. It seems like our two-legged friends could learn something from their four-legged companions about resolutions.

Okay, gotta run but before I go, here’s the question of the day from Pocket who asked: I was browsing the Internet when I saw this adorable dog in a pocket. Since my name is Pocket, I think it should have been me in the photo.






Dear Pocket:

You are a cute little thing (although the doggie grapevine has it that you are a bit spoiled). The photo is not about getting attention for you (a concept you may have a hard time understanding). This soldier is defending our great country and the puppy in his pocket was abandoned. Despite working hard to save our country from the bad dog terrorists, the soldier is saving the puppy too from a really icky place. Seriously, would you want to give up your lush life and gourmet food for desert sand, hot pocket rides and military MREs (meals-ready-to-eat)? I think not. Ride around in your parent’s pocket. They can even dress in camouflage gear if it will make you feel better.

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