DON'T YOU LOVE A WAGGING TAIL?

Duke is overjoyed when we return home, even if we've only been away a few minutes!  Someone told me that dogs are afraid we are never coming back when we leave--hence, their happiness at seeing us.  "Oh, you came back!  O boy O boy O boy!  You didn't leave me forever!"

Dachshunds . . . you gotta love 'em (because they surely love us unconditionally).

THE TRUE MESSAGE

No matter what kind of day you've had, coming home to that wagging tail can make all the difference.  Dogs don't care what we're wearing, what we look like, how much money we have, or what kind of job we have or car we drive.

All they care about is how they love us!  (And a treat now and then, of course).  I will repeat here what one of my characters, Papa Duke, said in I AM SARGE:

"A dawg loves you no matter what. You can be ugly, old, even dumb--but a dawg don't care. All he wants is your love and some food now and then. I think dawgs represent the unconditional love God has for us--maybe that's why He created them, to show that to us."

And that, folks, is the true message of Christmas.

MERRY CHRISTMAS!