-->“Dogs give us their absolute all. We are the center of their universe.
We are the focus of their love and faith and trust. They serve us in return for scraps.
It is without a doubt the best deal that man has ever made.”

Roger Caras


He was starving out on the street
Sleeping in some bushes, all alone
He no longer trusted any human being
Until I rescued him, and brought him home

Today, he is my loyal friend and constant companion
He insists on following after me, he sleeps on my head
Now whenever I leave the house, he rushes to the window
And until I return home, his canine heart is filled with dread

He is the happiest, when I take him with me whenever I venture out
He could care less, that the Wind Chill outdoors, is now Forty Below
When I now head out, in my efforts to rescue other orphans out there
He rushes to retrieve his Forty Below Outfit, and out the door, we go

And now, when I’m out retrieving an abandoned canine, on the street
He welcomes them into my truck, somehow conveying that it will be OK
He seems to have an instinctive empathy, for street orphans like himself
And as I pen this, he now eagerly awaits, our Forty Below road trip today


“Dogs give us their absolute all. We are the center of their universe.
We are the focus of their love and faith and trust. They serve us in return for scraps.
It is without a doubt the best deal that man has ever made.”

©January 2014, Mr. Ed