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DOGAHOLICS ANONYMOUS

Good Evening. My name is Doris and I AM a dogaholic.

I would like to welcome all of you to this month's meeting of "Dogaholics Anonymous. Some of you are here tonight because a friend or relative brought you here. You may be sitting here thinking that you are OK and that you really don't need any help. It is not easy to admit that you are a dogaholic and it is even harder to bring yourself to a DAA meeting for help. DAA is here to assist you.

I have some questions to ask. If you can answer YES to more than three of the following, you have come to the right place.

Can you say "Bitch" in public without blushing?

Do you drive a station wagon, van or 4x4 when everyone else drives a real car?

Do you have more than one car? One for you and one for the dogs?

Do you spend your vacations and holidays going to shows, specialties and seminars when everyone else goes on a cruise?

If you do go overseas, is it to London in March to attend Crufts?

Do you discuss things at the dinner table that would make most doctors leave in disgust?

Do you consider formal wear to be clean jeans and freshly washed tennis shoes?

Is your interior decorator R.C. Steele?

Was your furniture and carpeting chosen to match your dogs?

Are your end table really dog crates with tablecloths thrown over them?

Do you know the meaning of CD, CDX, UD, CGC, HIC,WC, JH, MH, CH, and OTCH?

Is your mail made up primarily of dog catalogs, dog magazines and premium lists?

What about your e-mail?

Do you get up before dawn to go to Training Classes? Dog Shows? Seminars?

If you do have dresses, do they all have pockets?

Do those pockets often contain freeze dried liver, Rollover, balls or squeaky toys?

When you meet a new person do you always ask them what kind of dog they have and pity them if they don't have one?

Do you remember the name of their dog sooner than you remember their name?

Do you find non dog people boring?

If you answered YES to one of the above, there is still hope. If you answered YES to two, you are in serious trouble. If you answered YES to three or more, you have come to the right place.

My advise to all of you with three or more YES's is to sit back and smile, turn to the smiling person next to you and know that your life will always be filled with good friends and good dogs and it will never be boring.
 

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Phoenix, mentioned in this letter is a brother to Stephie, in Our Dogs and Sirius in Litters

Hi Vicki,

Just a note to see if you can pick this up today. Hopefully, I can get this all figured out and do it right. Phoenix is really doing well. He is such a butt-smack. (Meant as an endearment) He is learning sign language, german commands and english commands.

Susie
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The Waiting Dog
by K Flood

A dog sits waiting in the hot midday sun;
too faithful to leave, too frightened to run.

He's been there for days now, with nothing to do
but sit by the roadside waiting for you.

He can't understand why you left him that day,
he thought you were stopping to go with him and play.

He's sure you'll come back and that's why he stays.
How long can he suffer? How many more days?

His legs have grown weak, his throat's parched and dry,
he's sick now from hunger; he falls with a sigh.

He lays down his head and he closes his eyes,
Oh, I wish you could see how your waiting dog dies.

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© 1997Victoria Roudonis