So many breeds -- so little time! It's our last blogpost from the Bennington dogshow, and we're meditating on the nature of the relationship between dogs and the people who work with them and love them. Also, some words about dog handlers -- a noble profession. See and read much more about it at: blog.amynelsonhahn.info
End of stride
I hasten
to clip my felt paw
to your moccasin stride
so that fur-to-sole
we might align;
this is what you ask of me.
I can do tougher things,
such as find the very last
unprotected vole
by the sheer scent of his thoughts.
I can pen all of the sheep
before dusk settles over the
purple streams that ford your dinner plate.
I can be rowdy and rough,
cerebral and mild,
while never an inch from your heart,
and always a step at your heel.
And the times I tire
I rest to sleep
having worked in courage;
I take some ease with pride.
Copyright (c) 2011 Amy Nelson Hahn
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