Dogs Are Great. Bad Dogs, If You

Never Slow Down, Never Look Back, Live Each Day With Adolescent Verve And Spunk And Curiosity And Playfulness. If You Think You’re Still A Young Pup, Then Maybe You Are, No Matter What The Calendar Says.

Dogs Are A Really Amazing Eye Opener For Us Humans Because Their Lives Are Compressed Into Such A Short Period, So We Can See Them Go From Puppyhood To Adolescence To Strong Adulthood And Then Into Their Sunset Years In 10 To 12 Years. It Really Drives Home The Point Of How Finite All Our Lives Are.

When I Wrote 'marley & Me,' I Had A Clear Audience In Mind. And It Did Not Include Children. I Wrote My Book For Adults And Assumed Only Adults, And Possibly Teenagers, Would Be Drawn To It.

Such Short Little Lives Our Pets Have To Spend With Us, And They Spend Most Of It Waiting For Us To Come Home Each Day. It Is Amazing How Much Love And Laughter They Bring Into Our Lives And Even How Much Closer We Become With Each Other Because Of Them.

Then I Dropped My Forehead Against His And Sat There For A Long Time, As If I Could Telegraph A Message Through Our Two Skulls, From My Brain To His. I Wanted To Make Him Understand Some Things. You Know All That Stuff We’ve Always Said About You?” I Whispered. “what A Total Pain You Are? Don’t Believe It. Don’t Believe It For A Minute, Marley.” He Needed To Know That, And Something More, Too. There Was Something I Had Never Told Him, That No One Ever Had. I Wanted Him To Hear It Before He Went. Marley,” I Said. “you Are A Great Dog.