Remember Me -ode To The Irresponsible Breeder

[lukkylady]

REMEMBER ME -ODE TO THE IRRESPONSIBLE BREEDER

- Trudie James -

Remember me, though I know that you won't

I'm the pup that you bred, I'm the soul that you owned

Remember my mum, though you'll just get confused

She's the bitch that you broke, she's the womb that you used

Remember the vet that you didn't call

When the blood ran so dark in our cold dank stall

Remember how cruelly you kicked me away

When I dared lick your hand - I just wanted to play

Remember the age that you wrenched me from mum

With my hold on life fragile and my weaning not done

Remember the home that you didn't check

That kept me outside with a chain round my neck

You'll remember the blood money you exchanged for my life

You'll remember the goodies it bought you and the wife

Now imagine my fate and cringe with your shame

See my sad lifeless eyes and my skeletal frame

I've known neglect and abuse I feared never would end

When Death came for your pup, it came as a friend

There are thousands just like me in the yard, street and pound

And whilst bad breeders breed this grim cycle goes round

You failed in your duty though I was born at your will

Now I'm your fatal shadow that walks by you still

I hope, my cruel breeder, that your guilt's worth your gain

You filled your car with my fear, bought your beer with my pain

But no act goes unnoticed and no sin goes unpaid

You'll account for my life at the end of your days

I'll be right there beside you when at your Reckoning you stand

You'll remember me then - it's my blood on your hands.

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[meddling]

Oh My Word, how poignant, sad, tear jerking but so sadly true thousands of times over throughout the country

Thank you for sharing

 

[muppy]

So true - I have a lump in my throat and now I must go and cuddle my rescue boys & girls.

Thank you for sharing that

 

[Hula]

So sad and so true

 

[wilfred]

How much I wish that wasn't true ... very sad. I wonder if the people that's aimed at would ever have a twinge of conscience; whilst the rest of us feel anguished for those puppies and dogs.

I wish something could be done to persuade the irresponsible, that dogs are NOT a commodity.

And now, I'm going to cuddle my dogs.