Hand Me Downs

Hi, I’m Parker. I’m a girl dog with a boy name but I think it’s cool. My foster mom – Jet - has a guy’s name so I think my guy name was her way of passing on the love. I’m a hand-me-down dog. - My moniker for fostered pets. Think about it. My original owner handed me down to a new owner, who handed me down to the streets, who handed me down to the pound.

I don’t feel like a hand-me-down anymore. My foster mom rescued me, cleaned up my flea infested, mange-ridden skin, gave me a new collar and bed and put a happy hop back in my step. I am now proudly displayed (with my new hair growing in) at an online adoption center until I find a permanent mom and dad.

In the meantime, my mom says any dog in her home needs a job. She’s a work-a-holic. So, I’m now a columnist or dogumist. (Does that sound too much like a polygamist?) This is my blog. – Easy job, but one Jet finds respectable. It’s actually kinda cool since my real job didn’t work out so good.

Before I was abandoned on the streets, I had a job as a pet and companion for my owner. Jet says he is a pecker head for throwing me away like garbage. I don’t know what that word means but because of the way she says it, I know it’s not real nice.

(-Works for me.) In any case, I think being a pet means you should be petted (not beaten) and being a companion has nothing to do with being abandoned.

Companion: (defined) One who accompanies another for a period of time; a comrade, a partner.

After being a companion to dumps, highways, cars, ditches and cardboard boxes, I can tell you being a companion to a good human (my old one was a pecker head) is awesome.

Do you have any idea what it’s like to wake up every day in a warm, dry home, surrounded by hugs, toys (now there’s something to talk about) and plenty of food? We even get treats. I sure learned that word fast. I think humans, especially Americans (since mom says I am an American) should remember how lucky they really are, realize how much they have compared to most people on other land masses.


Okay, here’s the question of the day from Boss who asked:

Why, if my name is Boss (human term for alpha dog) is my owner allowed to tell me what to do all the time?

Dear Boss:
It may seem like you are being bossed (no pun intended) around but humans are really here to serve us so be at peace that your title has real power. But, as Spiderman learned, with great power, comes great responsibility.


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