Dogs in Poetry and Art

Morning all, we're still enjoying the Dog Days of summer here, although a heavy downpour this morning has broken the heat a bit. That's good because it means the woods will be lovely and smelly for our furtling walk later on.

The human has been doing a lot of Internet surfing while she's recuperating. She should know that Dex and I are the surfers in this household after our performance at the weekend celebrations. However she found a couple of things she has asked us to share with you.

First she found this lovely poem, there are lots of poems written about dogs and some of them are funny, some of them are quite sad too, but she thought this one was just lovely:

A Dog's Prayer

Oh, master, you can surely see
All that you do is wise to me.

I never weigh your right or wrong,
Enough that you and I belong.

Success may crown your dearest plan,
Yet love you more I never can.

And though you miserably fail
No change knows my delighted tail.

Your voice can raise me to the height
Or shroud my soul in blackest night.

I watch your eye, your lip, your hand,
Trying your thought to understand.

Within my heart one earnest plea,
"Where you are let me always be."

by Fay Inchfawn (early 20th C)

Then she found some great art too, we really are very popular you know, we can understand why people should want to celebrate us dogs though can't we? She loved these especially

Tyson by Tandi Venter

 by Emily Burrowes

The painting above is by UK Artist Emily Burrowes, and our Peep saw her work when she was exhibiting at Crufts this year. She does fabulous pet portraits, click here for her website if you'd like to visit. Our Mom would like ours done by her one day.

Anyway, we hope that our Mom is soon fully better so she can come out furtling with us again, meanwhile she hopes you enjoyed her pick of the Internet this week! Normal furtling services will be resumed very soon. Don't forget to send us your Summer photo's by the way, button on the left will give you details, we have some corkers already!   Dex and Lou xxx