Madonna of the Mills

This post caught my eye on Life with Dogs. It is an excerpt from a documentary about a woman who is saving puppy mill breeding dogs in Pennsylvania. It struck close to home since Daisy is a former puppy mill breeding dog herself.

All I can say is that it brought tears to my eyes. Knowing what Daisy was like when she first arrived, and how she is now, is nothing short of amazing to me. The tears are for what she went through and what she might have gone through if not for the kindness of a stranger. She is my Wonder Dog.

I am asking two things of you today.

One, watch this video. It won't make you as sad as it made me. (I'm closer to it than you probably are, but I hope it will touch you.)

Two, please don't buy a pet store puppy. You might think you are "rescuing" it, but in reality you are contributing to the blood, pain and abuse of its mother and encouraging it to continue. In truth, it is nothing more than a "blood puppy."

Daisy My Heart Dog

Lately, I've been pondering over why I find it so hard to write Daisy's blog posts vs. the ones I write on my No Dog About It Blog, and then I saw this blog post today and I knew. Daisy is my heart dog. No. She's not gone - Thank God! But, writing about someone or something that is close to you can be so much harder than writing about a story, a video, a news story or topic.

Right now I've got 3 blog posts just waiting to be finished, but every time I start to write or edit or tweak (yes, I do a lot of that too) I find myself getting stuck. Not one of them captures her perfectly. Not one of them seems to do her justice. Not one of them can tell you what a very special dog she is to me and how much I am going to miss her when she is gone. Keeping one's emotions on the sidelines is a lot harder when writing about Daisy. But, I'll do my best.