Guilty as charged:)

The Main accused in this case is really cute,tanned,four legged,a forever wagging tail and is downright adorable.Goes by the name of TIPSY :)

Fishes have aquarium's,I'm sure they hate to live in,cat's loiter everywhere,cause apparently they are free spirits,Bird's hate cages,as they love to fly, but Dogs,they don't like living in kennels,they deserve homes,any kind,they don't very much care on the living conditions,they just want to be there,when you get back from work or go along with you for a family vacation,why Cause a dog is family :)

I have had a dog ever since I was 2 years old a golden retriever/lab cross and gosh was she a beauty.In our younger days,We spent most of our days just playing in the mud,getting yelled at,playing fetch,watching TV and even took our daily beauty naps around the same time.Ofcourse we had our flaws while I ate sand once in a while,she tore up the newspaper or when I tried to catch some crawly thing she bit off someone's slippers,Cant Blame us,we believed then as we do now,that no one is perfect :)

There was no separating us,we even had common dislikes,for a bath,for not so yummy food with vegetables and yeah those meanie beenies who threw stones into the house,hated getting those vaccinations,grrrr.We did everything together,Saved the world a couple of times as We fought off the invading aliens and even played cop but knowing tipsy to be her, she would just wag and invite the bad guys home for tea.Its not her fault she was just so friendly and loving.She loved my friends and never ever let us out of her sight,she hated missing out on all the fun.

At times I wondered whether she really was my age or older cause there have been many instances when I had just started walking and I wanted to head out the main gate and she just woudnt let me,she would either hold on to my baby suit or jump on top of me and trip me over I always thought she was just jealous, because everyone else went out,but her.And she needed me for company sake you know,Good company is hard to find :)

As Year's rolled by,I started going to school and yet there was tipsy always there waiting to greet me at the gate itself, wagging, drooling,jumping,yelping in delight that her best friend had returned after a hard day at school and all she expected in return was a pat or a hug or to hear my voice say down tipsy down,stop jumping :) She would patiently sit and listen to my daily trials and tribulation during a better half of my school years and sometimes would even skip meal times just so that I complete what I had to say.The number of conversations we had about love in general and the bad guys coming to get me were endless.There were so many nights when I would slip from my bed room to come and find her sitting by the gate just looking into the stars,waiting for them to disappear so that morning came and she would get to see me again.And she also used to make sure that there were no law and order problems in the neighbourhood at night,that was her part time job it seemed.Then as my dad would read the paper she would sit by his feet and take a peek at what's happening in the world.She was always well informed that way.

There is this thing about age that you cant defy and that is moving on to a better place,though I did not understand very much of it at 10 years old,I have grown wiser with time.Tipsy moved on when I was eleven and well even the last breath she took,looking into my eyes,making sure I was okie.I cried my heart out and even now I shed a tear in her name every other day.I have always had a dog ever since,its the fourth generation running and I still name my dog tipsy and its still the same lab/retriever,some people find it strange,some understand!

The thought being not to lose the essence of someone beloved,throughout my life,by naming her again and again, I just tend to accumulate memories of a loved one and not feel the suffering of a loss as much,But yes I must admit there are moments,when I recall the other's and I cry and then tipsy comes along and stares at me with those big droopy eyes that say I'm here for you,really what more could one ask for?

Ofcourse times have changed and while I break my head over a book,she likes to chew up mobile phones or when I expect her to go fetch something I throw,she gives me the look that says fetch it yourself :)Gone were the days when I used to take her out for a walk,now I tend to wonder if it was always the other way round,like it was me who needed the excercise. She likes it,getting attention all the time,sending those silent hello's to the people who walk their dog's.We have even made a couple of friends that way.We sure have come a long way,me and tipsy,and we sure have a long way to go,me and tipsy:)

The line "The more people i meet,the more i like my dog" is proof enough that a dog has been a wo-man's best friend since time unknown and shall remain so....We have friends,faithful ones,ones that listen and ones that dont have a tail and for the one's that do,this is my salutation to you!