The Breeders Prayer
The Breeders Prayer
If you’ve never been a breeder or seen life through their eyes,
As you hold your little puppy, please don’t criticize.
You don’t know of all the anguish and the times that bring such pain.
When we lose the battle with a little one, and tears just flow like rain.
Sometimes we sit the whole night through waiting for pups to be born.
Oh, the stress and trepidation when they’re still not here by dawn.
The panic of holding a tiny baby in our hands;
who weighs but 60 grams,
Do I do this instead of that or that instead of this?
Alone we fight, alone we cry, and hope that we won’t give him
his last little kiss.
We pray he’ll live to bring some joy and make a house a home
We know it’s up to us to fight, and we fight this fight alone.
Formula, bottles, heating pads, we have to get it right
Two-hour feedings for this tiny guy throughout the day and night.
Yet in our hearts we know we are going to lose this epic fight
But we keep trying to save him because God willing, we just might.
Day one he’s in there fighting; we say a silent prayer
Day two & three he’s doing well, with lots of love and care
Day four & five…. he’s still alive, our hopes soar to Heaven
Day six he slips away again….
Dies in our hand’s day seven.
We take this little angel and bury him alone:
With aching heart and burning tears and an exhausted groan
We ask ourselves “Why do this? Why suffer all this grief & pain?
To help them live to grow up strong and see the joy your puppy brings the family– this self explains.
You’ll love your little puppy; she’ll make your house a home.
She’ll be your very best friend; you’ll never feel alone.
She’ll make you smile; she’ll make you laugh,
She’ll fill your heart with love…….
Did she come from a breeder, or fall from heaven above?
When you buy a puppy, and with your precious money part,
You only pay with money … we pay with a piece of our heart.
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