This Day In History: Today is National Dog Day. One of the most insightful quotes about dogs comes from Henry C. Merwin in 1918: "The dog's life is short at the best, and every moment of it will be needed for his development. It is wonderful how, year by year, the household pet grows in intelligence, how many words he learns the meaning of, how quick he becomes in interpreting the look, the tone of voice, the mood of the person whom he loves. He is old at ten or eleven, and seldom lives beyond thirteen or fourteen. If he lived to be fifty, he would know so much that we should be uneasy, perhaps terrified, in his presence."
My favorite poems about dogs is The Power of the Dog by Rudyard Kipling:
"THERE is sorrow enough in the natural way
From men and women to fill our day;
And when we are certain of sorrow in store,
Why do we always arrange for more?
Brothers and Sisters, I bid you beware
Of giving your heart to a dog to tear." Read the rest at https://thebookshelf2015.blogspot.com/2018/06/the-power-of-dog-by-rudyard-kipling.html
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