The Life Of A Police Dog

Author - Unknown

You brought me home

One sunny day

With you for years

I would surely stay.

I met your pack

Children and wife

I began to love

My new-found life.

I slept on your couch

At the foot of your bed

You looked at me lovingly

While petting my head.

We trained for months

And our bonding grew

We were both partners

Buddies in Blue.

We did school demo’s

And I never did wrong

Over all of the years

My love for you grew strong.

How I loved to work

To stand up and bark

In the back of our car

From light until dark.

 
We went call to call

Having fun all the way

Until the call came

On that one fateful day.

A man with a gun

The dispatcher did say

I jumped from my car

When it pointed your way.

Before leaving home I was told

“keep him safe” by your wife

I knew at that moment

For you I would give my life.

The bullet struck hard

Steady and true

The bullet struck me instead

Of striking you.

When you go home tonight

Tell your wife I did good

Strong, Tall and Proud

On the ground that I stood.

I’m dead and gone now

This much is true

But I’ve done my job well

Of protecting you.

Thank you

Loyal partner,

Faithful friend,

You will be greatly missed.

*The word Wife may be substituted for:

Husband, daughter, son, mother, mom, father, dad

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