My Baggage

dannyboy · Old Hand

My Baggage

max · Enlightened One

What a lovely site , I have just wept buckets at some of the poems I read. Thank you, the site makes you remember what it is all about. I am away now to give my babies big cuddles.

FAJ · Enlightened One

I know this poem and can't read it any more because it makes me do this

loads and loads. Not a good look at work.

Missy · Master

Could ONLY read two before bursting into tears for the greys.

The site does definately hits the mark.

Maybe a section here that details the plight of greys with one or two true stories might just help get some desparate greys a new home. As hard as it is ... it is the truth.

BOWGANG · Master

The tears were pouring down my face,I could hardly read the words. They soooo hit the mark and my 3 have been cuddled beyond belief since I read them.

Shirley

dave and claire · Graduate

Hi all,I too read this poem,I saw it on the website run by Greyhounds In Need,the charity started by Anne Finch which helps the poor dogs in Spain (the cruelty over there is barbaric)and works with other international greyhound rescue organisations to rehome as many dogs as they can.Anyway....after reading that poem,I found another which really made me cry...it is so sad.It is called "My Baggage:Will You Still Want Me? " Read it if you can...it's a beautiful and desperately sad piece of writing .It is in Spanish first..scroll down for English.

www.greyhoundsinneed.co.uk

it's on the home page,dated 19/11

-- Edited by dave and claire at 18:50, 2005-11-30

Karen G · Master

dave and claire wrote:

Hi all,I too read this poem,I saw it on the website run by Greyhounds In Need,the charity started by Anne Finch which helps the poor dogs in Spain (the cruelty over there is barbaric)and works with other international greyhound rescue organisations to rehome as many dogs as they can.Anyway....after reading that poem,I found another which really made me cry...it is so sad.It is called "My Baggage:Will You Still Want Me? " Read it if you can...it's a beautiful and desperately sad piece of writing .It is in Spanish first..scroll down for English. www.greyhoundsinneed.co.uk it's on the home page,dated 19/11 -- Edited by dave and claire at 18:50, 2005-11-30

Managed to read it - however had a tear in my eye, it is so sad that these things happen to these beautiful dogs who just want to be loved

Christine Young · GAL Newsletter Editor

Thanks for both these poems. As you say, they are both desperately sad.

I occasionally meet a man who walks two greyhounds, one of which was a racing dog from Italy and rescued from appalling conditions. The only person he trusts is his owner. It's awful to see him flinch and cower if you don't know him and approach to clap him. The fear in his eyes makes me want to gain his confidence and give him a cuddle, but I know the first move must come from him.

Christine

greyluvver · GAL Membership Co-Ordinator

Thanks for the poem Dannyboy & the website. I note the site also has articles about the racing industry and the treatment of the greys - good reading for anyone unaware of the realities of the race tracks!

Here is a website I especially like, the first poem is my favourite - 'Rescue Me'

http://www.angelbluemist.com/rescueme.html

-- Edited by greyluvver at 00:43, 2005-12-03

dannyboy · Old Hand

Lovely site Greyluvver, the music was just to much for me!!! I'm bad enough trying to read the poems without the sad music making me worse. They really do hit the mark, It makes me feel so inadequate though, knowing that what is in these poems and muses are really happening, thank God for rescue bodies like GAL and all the others who are trying very hard to spread the word and get help to these lovely dogs.

Karen G · Master

The first two poems on that page "Rescue Me" & "Eternal Sleep" have just had me in tears

Dawn · Guru

greyluvver wrote:

Here is a website I especially like, the first poem is my favourite - 'Rescue Me'

Thanks Lita, there is nothing like a good bubble on a Saturday night to cheer me up!!

Dawn x

emma · Guru

This is a very clever poem and I can see a use for it within my counselling room too, so thanks Tracey for posting it.

Em, Tig and Chad X

Teresa · Enlightened One

i'm sure the sentiment of the poem is lovely but i just couldn't bear to read beyond the first few lines, i was in tears by then !

mclarchitects · Old Hand

greyluvver wrote:

Thanks for the poem Dannyboy & the website. I note the site also has articles about the racing industry and the treatment of the greys - good reading for anyone unaware of the realities of the race tracks! Here is a website I especially like, the first poem is my favourite - 'Rescue Me' http://www.angelbluemist.com/rescueme.html -- Edited by greyluvver at 00:43, 2005-12-03

I couldn't finish reading the second poem without a tear

. I know it's so sad, but we should be thankful for the ones we have saved.

JENNY · Big Cheese

Upon entering a little country store, a stranger noticed a sign reading, "Danger! Beware of Dog" posted on the glass door. Inside, he noticed a harmless greyhound asleep on the floor besides the cash register.
He asked the store manager, "Is that the dog folks are supposed to beware of?"
"Yep, that's him," he replied.
The stranger couldn't help but be amused. "That certainly doesn't look like a dangerous dog to me. Why in the world would you post that sign?"
"Because," the owner replied, "before I posted that sign, people kept tripping over him."

dannyboy · Old Hand

Suzanne · Guru

me likes Jenny, me likes!!!

Christine Young · GAL Newsletter Editor

LOL Jenny!

Christine

greyluvver · GAL Membership Co-Ordinator

Nice one jenny

This will cheer everyone up after reading the heart wrenching poems in this thread

Karen G · Master

LOL

Nicki · Big Cheese

Made me smile, me like it.

nicki and janie.x

Siouxsie · Enlightened One

A smile and a laugh, thank you