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DESPERATELY need your financial support. A financial contribution, no
matter large or small, helps us continue
providing care for animals.
Please send your check today to AWS, PO Box
147, Charles Town, WV 25414.
AWS is recognized by the IRS as a 501(c)3
charitable organization.
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Success Stories
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stories, please visit our Member Letters
page.
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Ten Commandments for Pet Owners
My life is likely to last 10 to 15 years. Any separation from you will be very
painful.
Give me time to understand what you want from me. Do not break my spirit with
your temper, though I will always forgive you. Your patience will teach me more
effectively.
Please have me spayed or neutered.
Treat me kindly, my beloved friend, for no heart in all the world is more grateful
for your kindness than mine. Don't be angry with me for long, and don't lock me
up as punishment. After all, you have your job, your friends, your entertainment.
I have only you.
Speak to me often. Even if I do not understand your words, I understand your voice
when it's speaking to me. Your voice is the sweetest sound I ever hear, as you
must know by my enthusiasm whenever I hear your footsteps.
Take me in when it's cold and wet. I am a domestic animal and am no longer accustomed
to the better elements. I ask for little more than your gentle hands petting me.
Keep my bowl filled with water. Feed me good food so that I may stay well, to
romp and play and do no your bidding. By your side I stand ready, willing and
able to share my life with you for that is what I live for. I'll never forget
how well you have treated me.
Don't hit me. Remember I have teeth that could easily crush the bones in your
hand but I choose not to bite you.
Before you scold me for being lazy of uncooperative, ask yourself if something
be bothering me. Perhaps I am not getting the right food, I've been out in the
sun too long, or my heart may be getting weak.
Take care of me when I get old for you will grow old too.
When
I am old, or when I no longer enjoy good health, please do not make heroic efforts
to keep me going. I am not having fun. Just see to it that my trusting life is
taken gently. And be with me on that difficult journey when it's time to say goodbye.
Never say, "I just can not bear to watch." Everything is easier for me when you
are there. I will leave this earth knowing with my last breath that my fate was
always safest in your hands. I love you.
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