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"IF" for Dogs
(with apologies to Rudyard Kipling)
Copyright Jim Willis 2001
e-mail: tiergarten@onebox.com
Web Site: Tiergarten Care Fund

If you can stay off of the couch when others can't
and are blaming it on you,
If you can keep from counter-cruising,
or at least have the sense to blame them, too,
If you can wait and not be tired of waiting
for your owner late from work again,
and not mess your crate, or if not crated,
have the sense to use the den.

If you can run a little faster than your master,
If you can drink and pee with aim,
If you can meet cats without disaster,
and from eating them refrain;
If you can try to hit non-doglovers
with flings of food and drool,
or bury the things your human needs,
especially car keys, gloves and tools.

If you can make one heap of all your toys,
or strew them about on the stairs,
or place them discretely under cushions,
while your owner is blissfully unawares;
If you can coerce the neighbor kids
to feed you more treats than allowed,
or convince the dogsitter to serve you dinner
and of your unexplained weight gain be proud.

If you can walk through crowds without a muzzle,
or "break wind" and implicate a human,
If neither squirrels or roadkills divert you,
and you can ignore the UPS man,
If you can stand to car-ride with your owner,
and despite the driving, not throw-up,
then you are ahead of most creatures,
and - which is more - you are a Dog, my pup!

Copyright Jim Willis 2001 - Used With Permission

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CONTRIBUTIONS to the TIERGARTEN VETERINARY CARE FUND are desperately needed and must be made payable to McDonald Animal Clinic and sent to:

Tiergarten Veterinary Care Fund
c/o McDonald Animal Clinic
126 S. McDonald St
McDonald, PA 15057

!! WE MUST PLACE ALL FOSTERS BY SEPTEMBER !! SEE OUR SITE FOR DETAILS:
--For Animals for Adoption, the texts of "How Could You?", "The Animals' Savior," "We Are Their Heroes," "IF for Dogs," and more, and a list of helpful links
PLEASE VISIT OUR NEW WEBSITE: http://jimwillis0.tripod.com/tiergarten/

**WE NEED AIRLINE-APPROVED SHIPPING CRATES (especially large/X-large dog sizes).

**CONTRIBUTIONS to the TIERGARTEN VETERINARY CARE FUND are greatly appreciated! - and must be made payable to McDonald Animal Clinic and sent to:
Tiergarten Care Fund
c/o McDonald Animal Clinic
126 S. McDonald St
McDonald, PA 15057

[Please note: we are not a not-for-profit corporation and therefore have donations go directly to our veterinarian. We are exempt from registration with PA Bureau of Charitable Organizations and are entered as such in their database.]
(We also appreciate donations of quality dog & cat kibbles, canned cat foods ("Whiskas" or equivalent), fresh or frozen ground meats, bedding, especially standard-size doggie pillow covers. Please contact us about other items and supplements we regularly use.)

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