“He was more than a dog. He was love that crept in on four paws and remains, as long as memory lasts.”
― The Book of Barkley: Love and Life Through the Eyes of a Labrador Retriever
― The Book of Barkley: Love and Life Through the Eyes of a Labrador Retriever
“Dogs are an expense, they are worry, and time, and hair, and walks in the rain and the cold. They are also part of the everyday fabric of our lives, to the point that when they leave us, we feel the chill.”
― The Book of Barkley: Love and Life Through the Eyes of a Labrador Retriever
― The Book of Barkley: Love and Life Through the Eyes of a Labrador Retriever
“Now that I was an adult, I no longer had grand dreams for my future: I just wanted to make it through the day.”
― The Sweet Surrender
― The Sweet Surrender
“When you fall down in life, you’ve always got to get back up or you’ll miss out on all the stuff that makes life worth living.”
― The Sweet Surrender
― The Sweet Surrender
“But grieving with memories is better than nothing without them and the only thing worse than not being alive, is not having anything to remember.”
― The Book of Barkley: Love and Life Through the Eyes of a Labrador Retriever
― The Book of Barkley: Love and Life Through the Eyes of a Labrador Retriever
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